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staring down at something. Then the truth struck me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers 2 was
his daughter being born. Then the world went 3 .
Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to 4
11-year-old David to the care of the state.
Things seemed always to go from bad to 5 . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the
6 of a truck. David was not hurt. The dog 7 .
But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles (障碍) you have to 8 in your life,"
he said.
He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place-the X-ray department of an 9 room.
It was a hard job to 10 . Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the
Lighthouse, an organization 11 to help blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, something 12 ,
not just he, must do in the dark, including people with 13 eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with
no result, 14 they offered to pay his first three months" salary.
David works alone in a dark room that 15 of chemicals. He cannot wear gloves. 16 , he could not feel.
Since this is an emergency room, lives can be put 17 or out of danger. His directress says she trusts him 100
percent.
He makes $ 20 000 a year. But his motivation (动机) goes 18 money. "By working, I can actualize my own
19 . That"s the most important!" he said.
What a shining example for us to 20 !
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阅读理解。 | |||||||||||||||||||||
In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a Ne York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting. One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, "Well, it"s my first day back in New York in seven years. I"ve been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno." I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, "Reno? That is in Nevada?" Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I"d just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver said."One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to burn down my boss"s house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of George Washington Bridge-a $ 20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don"t worry. Take a new job." One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word "BANK" on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received. "Let"s go across the park." I said. "I just robbed the bank there. I got $ 25 000." "$ 25 0007" He asked. "Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?" "No, man. I work 8 hours and I don"t make almost $ 70. If I can do that, I do it too." As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank. "Hey, there"s another bank," I said, "Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?" "No, I can"t wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have something to do with money-taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low-but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can"t expect unconditional support. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. From the Ghanaian driver"s response, we can infer that _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. he was indifferent to the killing B. he was afraid of the author C. he looked down upon the author D. he thought the author was crazy | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. Because he was able to help the author to find a new job. B. Because he wanted to go home and relax. C. Because it was far away from his home. D. Because he thought that the author would commit suicide. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. What is the author"s interpretation of the driver"s reluctance "to wait outside the Chemical bank"? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low. B. The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally. C. The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible. D. The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. They are ready to help you do whatever you want to. B. They often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves. C. They are sympathetic with those who are out of work. D. They work only for money. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5. The passage mainly discusses _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. how to please taxi drivers B. how to deal with taxi drivers C. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble D. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders | |||||||||||||||||||||
Reading comprehension. | |||||||||||||||||||||
John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same Year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it any more, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard-working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him. The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, "Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave Perhaps you will change your decision and take back your resignation." John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg. John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg. Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10 kg, he has inventory (清单) of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality." John was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby. Chances exist in the daily details. For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim. If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow. Then the difference between a year and a day is 365 times! | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. Why did John decide to hand in his resignation to the boss? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. Because he couldn"t stand being an ordinary employee. B. Because Bobby would take John"s former position. C. Because the boss was not flattered by his hard work. D. Because Bobby instead of him was promoted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. What did the boss ask John to do? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. To go to market and find out whether there is someone selling watermelons. B. To make a complete marketing research on the various prices of watermelons. C. To search for much information about the effective ways to sell watermelons. D. To make a comparison on the prices of different types of watermelons. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. What sort of following information about watermelons was NOT brought by Bobby? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. The price. B. The quality. C. The quantity. D. The weight. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. From the difference of John and Bobby, we may infer that a more successful person is more _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. alert, sensitive and passionate B. observant, thoughtful and exploratory C. considerate, modest and satisfied D. confident, noble and tolerant | |||||||||||||||||||||
完形填空。 | |||||||||||||||||||||
I was with my oldest son and we were on the lookout for an open parking space in our jam-packed shopping center. We spotted a(n) 1 one in the next row of spaces, and I drove our van around the turn, all the while hoping no one else would spot it and grab it 2 I could. And, as luck would have it, a lady was 3 her shopping cart right in front of us, and it looked like 4 was getting away from her-filled with bags and cartons of soda. She herself was carrying three extra bags in her hands while trying to push the cart 5 a strong spring wind, and looked 6 . Suddenly the cart hit a bump and everything fell off. At that point I felt something snap in me. I pulled the van into an unloading 7 and told my son to wait for a moment. I rushed over to her and the 8 thing she did was to apologize several times. I helped her 9 everything up, took the extra bags 10 from her hands, and walked her to her car. She told me she was trying to 11 home to her son"s thirteenth birthday party. I helped her load the 12 and she stopped and looked at me and just said, "Thank you so much". I smiled and said, "I am a mother of three and do you think 13 has ever helped me out? I am just returning the 14 ." She smiled and said, "God bless you" and got in her car. I walked the row over to my van 15 my son was waiting and had been 16 . "Who was that, Mom?" he asked me. "She was a 17 too, trying to get home for her son"s birthday party. She needed our help," I said. And I just knew he 18 with that clarity children all seem to have. We found a good 19 and walked together towards the store. As we were walking, my son took my hand. It was the most touching 20 of all, and I realized more than ever that our children are always watching. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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