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Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stone walls, the house and field provided endless hours of
fun for a city kid like me. I was used to tidy living rooms that seemed to whisper, "Not to be touched!"
I can still remember one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first visit to the farm, I had
wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stone walls surrounding the houses. My parents
would never approve. The walls were old; some stones were missing, others loose and falling. Still, I
entered the living room, where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner.
"I, uh-I wanna climb the stone walls," I said. Everyone looked up. "Can I climb the stone walls?
Immediately voices of disagreement went up from the women in the room." Heavens, no! You"ll hurt
yourself!" I wasn"t too surprised; the response was just as I"d expected. But before I could leave the
room, I was stopped by my grandfather"s loud voice. "Now hold on just a minute," I heard him say, "Let
the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things for himself.""Go", he said to me, "come and
see me when you get back." For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls and had the time of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventures. I"ll never forget what he said. "Fred", he said, smiling, "You made this day a special day just by being yourself. Always remember,
here"s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are."
Many years have passed since then, and today I host the television program Mister Rogers
Neighborhood, seen by millions of children throughout America. There have been changes over the years, but one thing remains the same: my message to children at the end of almost every visit. "There"s only one
person in this whole world like you," the kids can count on hearing me say, "and people can like you
exactly as you are."
B. on the farm
C. with his grandparents
D. away from his parents
B. it was an exciting place for him
C. he liked his grandfather
D. the living room there was clean
B. suppose
C. allow
D. mind
B. To do whatever he liked.
C. To be proud of himself
D. To be himself.
答案
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试题【阅读理解。 As a boy, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at m】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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wind came. He heard some music. He listened carefully and found it was his F sonata. He followed the
music and came to a small house. There through the window, he saw a girl playing a very old piano and a young man was making shoes beside her, he pushed the door open and went in. The host received
him very warmly and told him that the girl was his sister, who was blind but very fond of music . They
couldn’t afford to send her to a master. So she was only trying to play to some music she heard the
neighbors play. She knew it was the work of a great composer (作曲家). Beethoven was very much
moved. Suddenly the candle was blown out. Moonlight struck on the girl’s slender figure. Then
Beethoven played music for them. He played so wonderful that the brother and sister were amazed.
That was his famous Clair de lune.
B. there was a slight wind
C. the piano was old
D. he stopped walking
B. husband and wif
C. lovers
D. good friends
B. her brother didn’t want her to go
C. they were too poor
D. good friends
B. as soon as he came in
C. when he saw the piano
D. after he heard the moving story
2 the next 3 .It was not long ago that I first learned how 4 having a passion is to my life. That day
my mother drove me to the center of the city. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the
side of the road caught my 5 .
It was a man 6 in rags. He was homeless. That didn’t 7 me, for I had seen many like him 8 .
But in some way he was 9 , this man was not sitting down 10 a sad expression. He had a radio in
his hand and was dancing 11 to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious （珍贵的）
thing he had. "Mum, why does that man have a radio 12 he is homeless?" I asked.
" He bought it." She replied. I was still unable to 13 .
" But if he is homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy 14 or clothes? He 15 it on
something he doesn’t need."
"Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important things. We need 16 , too."
That man must 17 enough about 18 instead of food and clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the
key to life. Without it , there is nothing to look forward to. Since then I’ve gone a day 19 thinking of
what’s truly important. A home, a meal, clothes-these things are only part of the life. What’s often
forgotten is that we all need a 20 , a light in a dark day. We all need a passion.
| ( )1. A. should ( )2. A. but ( )3. A. day ( )4. A. interesting ( )5. A. arm ( )6. A. dressed ( )7. A. stop ( )8. A. ago ( )9. A. different ( )10. A. with ( )11. A. happy ( )12. A. even though ( )13. A. understand ( )14. A. love ( )15. A. collected ( )16. A. happiness ( )17. A. care ( )18. A. money ( )19. A. without ( )20. A. care | B. would B. only B. man B. important B. eye B. put on B. follow B. before B. wonderful B. in B. happily B. as though B. explain B. food B. wasted B. money B. hear B. meal B. while B. notice | C. had to C. more C. show C. successful C. hand C. wore C. help C. too C. friendly C. about C. sadly C. though C. know C. shoes C. put C. jobs C. learn C. music C. of C. help | D. could D. less D. road D. careful D. foot D. had D. interest D. since D. funny D. on D. hurriedly D. even if D. guess D. hat D. lived D. relaxation D. talk D. health D. when D. pleasure |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Koeler took special notice of the tall woman who was nicely dressed, but she was wearing ugly, thick-soled (厚底) shoes. Now the woman was taken to a room for questioning. There it was found that the soles of the shoes were hollow (中空的). They were opened. Some diamonds fell out on the floor. Their total weight was 3377 carats (克拉). The young woman broke down in tears. Then she told her story. For years she had dreamed of coming to live in America, she said. At last she had managed to get the papers she needed to come to the U.S. Then a strange man called on her. He said he would pay for her trip and give her one hundred dollars. All she had to do was to smuggle the diamonds past the U.S. Customs (海关). The man gave her the shoes and also bought her a plane ticket. Just before she got on the plane, he gave her an envelope. He said that it was the hundred dollars he had promised. The weeping woman handed the envelope to Koeler. He tore it open. There was only eighteen dollars. She was cheated. In the end the woman was trialed and sentenced to eighteen months in prison for her part in the smuggling. | |||
| 1. Where did the story happen? | |||
| A. At an airport. B. At a police station. C. At a railway station. D. In a custom office in China. | |||
| 2. The underlined word "smuggling" in this passage most probably means_____. | |||
| A. 偷税 B. 盗窃 C. 走私 D. 交换 | |||
| 3. The woman had agreed to smuggle the diamonds ______. | |||
| A. in order to get the papers she needed B. in hope of selling them C. in return for some money and a free trip D. so as to share them with the man | |||
4. Which is the right order of the events(事件)given in the passage? | |||
| A. a, d, c, b, e, f B. a, b, c, e, f, d C. a, c, d, b, e, f D. a, b, d, c, e, f | |||
| Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised, "Barbara, be enthusiastic (热情的)! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. " How right they were! "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. "wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments．Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping. We are all born with wide-eye, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped (弯曲的)shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, ‘I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.’" If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had trouble her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius." We can’t afford to waste tears on "might-have-beens". We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow. | |||
| 1. The author holds the view that ______． | |||
| A. enthusiastic people will never get old B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life C. enthusiasm is more important than experience D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame | |||
| 2. The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ______． | |||
| A. music can arouse people’s enthusiasm B. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed C. enthusiasm can make people feel young D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy | |||
| 3. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph? | |||
| A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times． B. If you don’t have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing． C. Enthusiastic people seldom consider money and fame． D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor． | |||
| 完形填空。 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，。 | |||
| Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself. The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her 1 window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that she had 2 closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper 3 . Finally, when she found her empty 4 on the kitchen table, she realized the awful 5 . At first, she didn’t know what to do. Then she decided to 6 her son, Derek. Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone, "It’s your mother," she 7 him, coldly. Louise told Derek about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the 8 missing from her purse. "All right," said Derek, "Don’t 9 anything. I’ll be 10 in half an hour." Louise 11 and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room wondering 12 anything else was missing. When Derek arrived, he was content to 13 her looking so calm. "Have you rung the 14 ?" he asked. "No? Then I’ll do that straight away." So he rang the police. As it was Sunday, 15 the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague （含糊的）. "We’ll send 16 round as soon as possible,"they said. Derek telephoned his wife. "I’m not sure when I’ll be home, love,"he told her. "I’ve got to 17 for the police." While Derek and his mother waited, Derek 18 the catches（挂钩）on the windows and locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly 19 at all. Derek felt 20 . His mother was an old woman, after all. "I’ll have to change all these," he told her. | |||