Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the llth grade. Her goal is to become an international diplomat (外
交官) and peace-maker. It was my first day at school. I felt 1 and scared. I went to all my classes with no
2 .
It felt like no one 3 . I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch 4 at 1:00. Then finally
the bell rang. It was time to talk and have 5 .
In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab (穆斯林妇女戴的面纱) on her head, and though I am 6 , we got along fine, and I was so 7 when she said,"Sit with us, at our table." She pointed to the one
next to the door.
So I 8 , and took my tray and was 9 to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog.
"Hey, I saw you on the bus," said a tall girl in a long skirt."I see your Jewish star necklace. You 10 sit with
us."
At that moment I looked around, and that"s when I 11 , to my surprise, the nations of the world, 12
themselves. That"s what I saw through my own eyes.
The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians,
and 13 the Arabs with the Jews.
I saw the reason why 14 got started. Everyone 15 to their own kind. The 16 was just like a map of
the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations. But why was everyone so
17 ?
And so I turned 18 this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 19 between
two worlds when I sat with those 20 from me. |
( )1. A. nervous
( )2. A. relatives
( )3. A. cared
( )4. A. hours
( )5. A. rest
( )6. A. Spanish
( )7. A. curious
( )8. A. allowed
( )9. A. about
( )10. A. might
( )11. A. saw
( )12. A. developing
( )13. A. only
( )14. A. dialogues
( )15. A. stuck
( )16. A. school
( )17. A. quiet
( )18. A. down
( )19. A. stage
( )20. A. opposite | B. generous
B. teachers
B. mattered
B. stop
B. fun
B. Arab
B. relieved
B. adopted
B. ready
B. would
B. noticed
B. expanding
B. always
B. friendships
B. insisted
B. classroom
B. blind
B. towards
B. platform
B. different | C. frightened
C. friends
C. understood
C. period
C. chat
C. Russian
C. worried
C. agreed
C. willing
C. could
C. knew
C. separating
C. sometimes
C. wars
C. turned
C. restaurant
C. deaf
C. off
C. bridge
C. strange | D. excited
D. classmates
D. helped
D. break
D. breakfast
D. Jewish
D. serious
D. admitted
D. likely
D. should
D. recognized
D. defending
D. never
D. arguments
D. listened
D. lunchroom
D. tough
D. up
D. path
D. apart |
| 1-5: ACADB 6-10: DBCAD 11-15: BCDCA 16-20: DBACB |
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试题【完形填空。 Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the llth grade. Her goal is t】；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。 | I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most 1 and tiring games
I"ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and 2 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an 3 victory. After all,
Ed"s idea of 4 has always been nothing more 5 than lifting a fork to his mouth. 6 I can remember, Ed"s
been the least physically fit member in the family, and 7 proud of himself. His big stomach has always
ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often 8 about that, Ed refused to buy
a 9 T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed 10 for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered
inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly 11 . I was so surprised that I was 12 . My cousin
must have made an effort to get himself into shape. 13 , at the point in our game when I"d have predicted (预
计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was 14 7 to 9 and Ed was 15 . The sudden realization was
painful. We 16 to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up. I was having serious 17 about staying
alive until 21 years old. Let alone 18 that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat
on our backs, too tired to 19 . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 20 . | ( )1. A. encouraging
( )2. A. declared
( )3. A. unforgettable
( )4. A. exercise
( )5. A. time-saving
( )6. A. As soon as
( )7. A. strangely
( )8. A. cared
( )9. A. clean
( )10. A. set out
( )11. A. notice
( )12. A. nervous
( )13. A. After all
( )14. A. mistakenly
( )15. A. leading
( )16. A. pretended
( )17. A. thoughts
( )18. A. scoring
( )19. A. play
( )20. A. friendship | B. hopeless
B. mentioned
B. unexpected
B. preparation
B. comfortable
B. As long as
B. personally
B. forgot
B. larger
B. got ready
B. admire
B. curious
B. As a result
B. then
B. coming
B. stopped
B. doubts
B. completing
B. start
B. respect | C. surprising
C. persuaded
C. easy
C. joy
C. suitable
C. When
C. reasonably
C. quarreled
C. straight
C. arrived
C. believe
C. careless
C. Above all
C. instead
C. waiting
C. continued
C. situations
C. receiving
C. sleep
C. support | D. regular
D. suggested
D. early
D. fitness
D. effort-making
D. Since
D. eagerly
D. joked
D. darker
D. returned
D. measure
D. speechless
D. At last
D. naturally
D. counting
D. decided
D. problems
D. keeping
D. move
D. favor | | 阅读理解。 | It was the first snow of winter-an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now,
I had been old enough to dress myself, but today would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten
teacher, had been through first snow days many times, but I think she may still remember this one.
I managed to get into my wool snow trousers. But I struggled won my jacket because it didn"t fit well.
It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and if made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes, At
least my hat and scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson
help me with my boots (靴子).
In her calm, motherly voice she said, "By the end of winter, you will all be able to put on your own boots."
I didn"t realize at the at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence (信心).
I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected grown-ups to do all the
work. After much pushing, she managed to get first one into place and then, with a sigh, worked the second
one on too.
I announced, "They"re on the wrong feet."
She struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again.
"They"re my brother"s boots, you know," I said. "I hate them".
Somehow, from long years of practice, she managed to act as though I wasn"t an annoying (烦人的) little
girl, She struggle with me, she asked, "Now, where are your mittens (连指手套)?"
I looked into her eyes and said, "I didn"t want to lose them, so I hid them in the toes of my boots." | | 1. The little girl was more satisfied with her _____. | A. trousers
B. jacket
C. boots
D. hat | | 2. Miss Finlayson had difficulty with the girl"s boots mainly because _____. | A. the girl got them from her brother
B. the girl put something in them
C. they were on the wrong feet
D. they did not fit the girl well | | 3. Why does the author Miss Finlayson would remember that first snow day? | A. Because the little girl was in her brother"s clothes.
B. Because it was the most exciting day of the winter.
C. Because the little girl played a trick on her.
D. Because the little girl wore a pretty scarf. | | 4. We can learn from the text that Miss Finlayson _____. | A. was losing confidence in the little girl.
B. gradually lost patience with the little girl.
C. became disappointed with the little girl.
D. was getting bored with the little girl. | 完形填空。
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出
可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 | Paul Carson, a music teacher, was driving along a country road with his sister Nora. 1 he saw a
man in a big American car who _2 the man wanted by the police. 3 by a reward (奖赏) of fifty pounds,
the sister and brother _4 to catch the criminal(罪犯) by following him 5 . As soon as the man entered
Seldon Manor, a _6 belonging to Paul"s friend Mr. Lightfoot, Paul shut him in and then drove to 7 .
Realizing that Paul had made a _8 because the criminal had been put into prison that morning , the police
officer set off immediately with Paul to set the man free. The man who was _9 up in the house was really
an American visitor from 10 City. Paul and Nora felt very much 11 for what they had done. This
12 action of theirs would surely make them the laughing-stock of the whole town. But a letter from the
American 13 changed the situation. _14 blaming(责怪) him, the American visitor thanked Paul for
shutting him up in his
15 house. It 16 that Seldon Manor was the American ancestors" home. He had come 17 to England
to look for it. In order to show his 18 , he offered the sister and brother a check 19 fifty pounds. Paul
and Nora got the 20 in the end, though in a quite different way. | ( )1. A. Clearly
( )2. A. looked like
( )3. A. Feared
( )4. A. wondered
( )5. A. closely
( )6. A. factory
( )7. A. the railway station
( )8. A. mistake
( )9. A. pulled
( )10. A. London
( )11. A. joyful
( )12. A. rude
( )13. A. president
( )14. A. Instead of
( )15. A. small
( )16. A. turned out
( )17. A. all the time
( )18. A. anger
( )19. A. as
( )20. A. honor | B. Finally
B. cared about
B. Attracted
B. promised
B. anxiously
B. garden
B. the city
B. choice
B. shut
B. New York
B. ashamed
B. kind
B. couple
B. As well as
B. own
B. turned up
B. all the way
B. thanks
B. to
B. gift | C. Quickly
C. hunted for
C. Moved
C. decided
C. separately
C. farm
C. his home
C. joke
C. brought
C. Paris
C. pleased
C. worthy
C. visitor
C. In case of
C. new
C. turned on
C. all the same
C. pity
C. for
C. position | D. Suddenly
D. called on
D. Shared
D. struggled
D. excitedly
D. house
D. the police station
D. adventure
D. sent
D. Cairo
D. disappointed
D. clever
D. policeman
D. As a result of
D. big
D. turned down
D. by chance
D. interest
D. of
D. reward | | 阅读理解。 | As a boy, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather"s farm in western
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." | | 1. When the writer was a little child, he lived _________. | A. in the city
B. on the farm
C. with his grandparents
D. away from his parents | | 2. The writer enjoyed his visits to the farm because ___________. | A. there were old women there
B. it was an exciting place for him
C. he liked his grandfather
D. the living room there was clean | | 3. The underlined word "approve" in paragraph 2 means ____________. | A. prove
B. suppose
C. allow
D. mind | | 4. What did the writer learn from his grandfather and his own experience on the farm? | A. To do things for others
B. To do whatever he liked.
C. To be proud of himself
D. To be himself. | | 阅读理解。 | One summer night Ludwig Beethoven took a walk in the suburb (市郊) of Bonn. Suddenly a gentle
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. | | 1. Beethoven heard the music because ______. | A. it was played loudly
B. there was a slight wind
C. the piano was old
D. he stopped walking | | 2. The young man and the girl were _____. | A. brother and sister
B. husband and wif
C. lovers
D. good friends | | 3. The girl couldn’t go to the teacher most probably because_____. | A. she was blind
B. her brother didn’t want her to go
C. they were too poor
D. good friends | | 4. Beethoven played some music____. | A. before he was moved
B. as soon as he came in
C. when he saw the piano
D. after he heard the moving story |
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