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trapped inside. "I was picking out gifts for the family our engine house adopted for Christmas," remembers
Quails, who has been fighting fires in Memphis for 24 years. "I had this sinking feeling as I got in my car and
headed over."
The last time Quails had been on Beeehmont Street was to install smoke detectors (感应器) at the Bateman-
Tubbs home. He"d been on a secret task to see if they needed extra help during the holidays. There he discovered
that the four Bateman-Tubbs children were sleeping on bare mattresses (床垫), and he found two of the boys
playing outside in 30-degree weather with no shoes or coats.
Quails learned that Leonard Tubbs was doing his best to make ends meet laying floors while Kimberly
Bateman stayed home with the kids.
"When Bobby told me his team wanted to be Secret Santas and buy my kids toys, at first I thought we didn"t
need any help," Bateman recalls. "It really touched me. I told him what the kids really needed was warm clothes,"
That"s exactly what Qualls was shopping for on December 9, 2010: winter jackets for Christopher, seven;
JoJo, four; Madison, one; and two-month-old Charles. While driving over to Beechmont Street, he dialed
Bateman"s cell phone. She answered on the first ring, screaming, "The house is on fire-JoJo"s trapped inside!"
By the time Quails reached the house, the family had gotten out, but their home was severely damaged; His
coworkers had found JoJo hiding under a pile of clothes in a back bedroom. He had stopped breathing and had
been given CPR and rushed to the hospital. Quails learned that JoJo was now on life support and might not make
it through the night. He rushed to the hospital with Lt. Mark Eskew, who placed a stuffed teddy bear in a
firefighter"s suit on JoJo"s bed.
"I just kept praying my little boy would open his eyes," Bateman recalls. "There was nothing else I could do.
They were pumping black and thick liquid out of his lungs and stomach for days."
After a few days, though, JoJo regained consciousness, and the tubes were taken out of his throat. While he
began to slowly recover, the local newspaper and TV stations got hold of the story, and the Secret Santa Plan of
Quails and his fellow firefighters, snowballed. Before long, the fire station was overflowing with boxes of toys,
food, towels, and clothes. People called, wanting to donate furniture and appliances (电器) too. By December
23, Bateman and Tubbs had moved their kids into a new rental home. By Christmas Eve, JoJo was ready to
leave the hospital, and the firefighters were ready to deliver the family their very own Christmas miracle.
"These guys aren"t just firefighters," says Bateman, "they"re our guardian angels. If they hadn"t installed a
smoke detector that first day they came to our house, we wouldn"t have known when the fire started. Then they
went the extra ten miles to give us a Christmas."
B. He hurried to the fire station.
C. He went to pick out gifts.
D. He went shopping in Beechmont.
B. Leonard Tubbs.
C. Kimberly Bateman.
D. Firefighters.
B. smoke detectors are very useful
C. Tubbs" home is filled with gifts
D. the fire was caused by the bare mattress
B. advise people to take good care of their children
C. ask people to give gifts to the firemen
D. praise the firemen for their good deeds
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试题【阅读理解。 Bobby Quails was shopping when he received a text message: Fire on Bee】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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same old tuna fish (金枪鱼) sandwich and suddenly Mrs. Amatuli asked me if she could buy my sandwich
from me. She explained that, I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.
I was thrilled. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and we always
carried our lunch and brought the bag back home to use again the next day. My sandwiches were either
bologna (大腊肠) or tuna fish. It rarely varied beyond that.
You can understand my delight when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch.
When we finished lunch that day, Mrs. Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had
bought my sandwich. I really didn"t care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her precious attention so I was
very quiet as she explained. You see, she was Catholic and she told me that Catholics didn"t eat red meat on
Fridays-they ate fish on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn"t wait to get home and tell my Mama that from now on I wanted tuna fish on Fridays. After,
my Mama understood why, she gladly fixed tuna fish for me on Fridays. She even fixed it on brown bread
because she knew Mrs. Amatuli liked brown bread. From then on, every Friday I could get in line with the
rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn"t care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food-it tasted
divine to me!
I realize now that Mrs. Amatuli could have fixed herself a tuna sandwich of Friday. But she bought my
sandwich because she saw a little girl who was thrilled over the simple act of having a hot lunch.
I will never forget her for her compassion and generosity and what I should do is follow her example.
B. she hated getting in line with kids
C. she didn"t eat red meat on Friday
D. she wanted to show care to the writer
B. It was terrible.
C. The writer enjoyed it.
D. Most kids were fond of it.
B. sweet
C. unpleasant
D. special
B. Better to give than to receive.
C. Love makes the world go around.
D. The more you offer, the more you are rewarded.
His 2 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months,
while I sat on the couch and watched it 3 . One morning, I walked slowly 4 and was surprised to see a
snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees
and crawled back upstairs, 5 those good people would not see me I was 6 . My first thought was, how
would I ever 7 them? I didn"t have the 8 to brash my hair, 9 clear someone"s walk.
Before Jon"s death, I felt proud that I 10 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and 11 .
So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 12 myself if I iust sat on the couch every day and
watched the snow fall?
Learning to receive the love and 13 from others wasn"t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally,
my friend Kathy said, "Mary, cooking for you isn"t a 14 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do
something for you."
Over and over, I heard 15 words from the people who supported me during those 16 days. One wise
man told me, "You aren"t doing nothing because being fully open to your 17 may be the hardest work you will
ever do."
I am not the person I 18 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 19 . I"ve been surprised to learn
that there is incredible freedom coming from 20 one"s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is
strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.
| ( )1. A. on ( )2. A. body ( )3. A. sweep up ( )4. A. upstairs ( )5. A. so ( )6. A. delighted ( )7. A. pay ( )8. A. courage ( )9. A. stand alone ( )10. A. frequently ( )11. A. intelligence ( )12. A. achieve ( )13. A. supply ( )14. A. burden ( )15. A. sensitive ( )16. A. blue ( )17. A. despair ( )18. A. still ( )19. A. worse ( )20. A. facing | B. in B. soul B. drop off B. downstairs B. yet B. disappointed B. award B. strength B. leave alone B. gradually B. independence B. praise B. support B. job B. same B. rainy B. difficulty B. once B. less B. noticing | C. like C. shoe C. fall down C. indoors C. and C. annoyed C. reward C. spirit C. sit alone C. hardly C. excellence C. respect C. contribution C. business C. considerate C. bright C. pain C. even C. more C. managing | D. for D. footprint D. pile up D. outdoors D. for D. ashamed D. treat D. power D. let alone D. uncertainly D. qualification D. promote D. encouragement D. sorrow D. similar D. snowy D. regret D. never D. better D. expressing | ||||
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| Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year- old boy. Yet it exists in my memory that she taught me a lesson in forgiveness which I shall never forget. On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the roof of the old lady"s house. The object of our play was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they rolled to the edge of the roof. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it out. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight not for the roof but for a small window on the old lady"s back porch. At the sound of crashed glass, we knew we were in trouble and ran away. I was too scared about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn"t been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper, but I was no longer able to act comfortable in her presence. I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars to cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost for repairing it. I waited until it was dark, snuck up to the old lady"s house, and put the letter I didn"t sign through the letter slot in her door. Once again, I could have the freedom of looking straight into the old lady"s kind eyes. The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. Reaching for the cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was surprised. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, "I"m proud of you!" | |||||||
| 1. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage? | |||||||
| A. The author was a newsboy when he was 12 years old. B. The old lady didn"t know who broke the window. C. The author felt guilty of breaking the old lady"s window. D. The story happened forty-three years ago. | |||||||
| 2. The underlined words "snuck up" in the fifth paragraph probably means "_____". | |||||||
| A. went quietly B. quickly made my way C. stole something of no value D. searched in a secret way | |||||||
| 3. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? | |||||||
| A. A Bag of Cookies B. A Broken Window C. The Secret in the Cookies D. A Painful Lesson | |||||||
| 4. _____ probably impressed the author of the passage most. | |||||||
| A. The cookies made by the lady B. The note inside the cookie bag C. The broken window D. The lady"s forgiveness | |||||||
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| One day I decided to quit. I went to the 1 to have one last talk with God. "Can you give me one good 2 not to quit?" His answer surprised me. "Look around. Do you see the fern (蕨类植物) and the bamboo? When I planted their seeds, I took good care of them. The fern quickly grew from the earth. 3 nothing came from the bamboo seed. During the following three years, the fern grew more plentiful. And 4 nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. Then in the fifth year a 5 sprout (新芽) emerged (出现) from the earth. Compared to the fern it was 6 small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo 7 to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing 8 . Those roots made it strong and gave it 9 it needed to survive. I wouldn"t give any of my creations a challenge it could not 10 ." He said to me. "All this time you have been struggling, you have 11 been growing roots. I would not quit on the bamboo. 12 will I ever quit on you. Don"t 13 yourself with others. The bamboo had a different 14 from the fern Yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your time will 15 . You will rise high!" "How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked 16 . "As high as it can?" I 17 . "Yes," He said. "Give me glory 18 rising a high." I left the forest and bring back this story. I hope it can help you see that God will never 19 on you. Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you 20 . Both are necessary to life. | |||||||
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