One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 1
the car by the roadside, across the street from where she worked, and 2 for her.
As I 3 outside the car window, to my fight there was a small park where I saw a little boy around two
years old. He was running freely on the 4 as his mother watched him from a short distance. The boy had a
big 5 on his face as if he had just been set 6 from some sort of prison. The boy would then fail to the
grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as 7 as he could again, still with a smile on his
face, as if 8 had happened.
When kids, especially at an early age, fall down, they don" t see their falling down as a 9 , but instead,
they treat it as a 10 experience. They have the desire to try and try again 11 they succeed~ The answer
must be that they have not 12 "falling down" with the word"failure" yet. Thus they don"t know 13 to feel
the state which accompanies failure. What" s more, they probably think that it" s perfectly Okay to fall down,
and that it"s not 14 to do So. In other words, they give themselves 15 to make mistakes subconsciously
(潜意识地). Thus they
16 encouraged.
While I was touched by the boy" s persistence, I was 17 touched by the manner in which he ran. With
each 18 , he looked so confident.., so natural.
No 19 of fear, of nervousness, or of being discouraged -as if he didn" t have a 20 about the world
around him. I learned a lot from that observation and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson
with me in my many pursuits in life. |
( )1. A. found
( )2. A. sent
( )3. A. looked
( )4. A. road
( )5. A. smile
( )6. A. aside
( )7. A. slowly
( )8. A. something
( )9. A. trouble
( )10. A. learning
( )11. A. unless
( )12 A. communicated
( )13. A. where
( )14. A. good
( )15. A. permission
( )16. A. grow
( )17. A. simply
( )18. A. pain
( )19. A scenes
( )20. A care | B. parked
B. called
B. jumped
B. ground
B. scar
B. apart
B. fast
B. nothing
B. difficulty
B. falling
B. after
B. associated
B. when
B. interesting
B. choice
B. remain
B. usually
B. success
B. marks
B. look | C. watched
C. waited
C. stood
C. path
C. tear
C. free
C. beautifully
C. everything
C. fear"
C. walking
C. until
C. mixed
C. what
C. fight
C. situation
C. escape
C. equally
C. attempt
C. signals
C. life | D. cleaned
D. searched
D. left
D. grass
D. sweat
D. right
D. stably
D. anything
D. failure
D. nursing
D. when
D. dealt
D. how
D. wrong
D. condition
D. turn
D. hardly
D. support
D. signs
D. chance |
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核心考点
试题【完形填空。 One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. 】；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。 | A 36-year-old man stormed into the Ramona Post Gffice, yelling at everyone to get out of his way.
Carrying a shotgun, he climbed up onto the counter and told everyone to lie on the floor. Then he pulled
the trigger (扳机) and fired a round into the ceiling. Piaster splattered (飞溅) onto the floor and the
customers.
The man ordered all the customers and employees to sit tip and look at him. He said,"Repeat after me:
I hate the post office!" Everyone repeated the words. He fired a second round, but this time he aimed at
the front plate glass window. Shattered (粉碎的) glass went everywhere.
Three minutes later, five police cars pulled up in front of the post office, lights flashing and sirens (警
报器) roaring. Using a bullhorn (喇叭), a police officer told the man to" walk out backwards with his
hands up. The man fired another blast out of the shattered window. The police officer and his bullhorn
were uninjured. However. one police car had t~ee little pit marks in it.
The man yelled,"I" m not coming out until the post office pays me for pain and suffering. A postal truck
ran into my car two years ago. My back is killing me. I can" t work any more. My wife left me. I can" t
take it any more.""
After a while, the man calmed down. He released all the people inside. At 7:00 p. m.", the man walked
out backwards with his hands up. The police handcuffed (给… …带上手铐) him, put him in the back
seat of the car, and drove him to the police station. | | 1. What was the exact situation in the post office? | A. A man rushed in and shot at the customers.
B. An angry man with a gun was robbing the customers of money.
C. A man rushed in and shot at the ceiling and the window on a workday.
D. A man aged 36 shot at the window first and then the police car. | | 2. What can be inferred from the passage? | A. The customers were threatened by the man and did what he asked.
B. Although the man was so careful, the police heard the news.
C. The police officer was injured during his persuasion.
D. After a fierce battle, the police caught him. | | 3. Why did the man storm into the post office? | A. He wanted to kill the workers in the post office.
B. He wanted to rob the post office of money.
C. He wanted the post office to pay for what he had suffered.
D. He had something wrong with his head. | | 4. How did the man probably feel during the event? | A. Angry→excited→helpless
B. Excited→angry→calm
C. Angry→frightened→regretful
D. Bold→puzzled→calm | | 完形填空。 | About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard
any noise from the children. Instead, I often heard the parents yelling 1 at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a 2 one.
We often 3 in the hallway. I always greeted them, but the only 4 I ever got was a"hello" from the
eight-year-old girl. I usually 5 to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just 6 their
apartment and the little girl was 7 the outside door open for the others. I 8 in the car doing 9 things
because I wasn"t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door.
The parents were telling their daughter to hurry and get into the car, 10 the little girl was still holding the door,
11 me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury. I forgot to tell her how 12 I was for her
kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had 13 an old man"s heart.
The next day there was a 14 on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite 15 of
her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there too. Her parents 16 me. From then
on when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other,in a friendly 17 .
Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and 18 how I was going to keep my doctor"s
19 because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was
removed.
Isn"t it 20 that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said
that good things come from small acts. | ( )1. A. quietly
( )2. A. frightening
( )3. A. quarreled
( )4. A. present
( )5. A. went out
( )6. A. decorating
( )7. A. breaking
( )8. A. kept
( )9. A. favorite
( )10. A. but
( )11. A. hunting for
( )12. A. useful
( )13. A. strengthened
( )14. A. note
( )15. A. proud
( )16. A. questioned
( )17. A. manner
( )18. A. found
( )19. A. promise
( )30. A. amazing | B. strangely
B. exciting
B. met
B. result
B. set out
B. cleaning
B. operating
B. remained
B. helpful
B. and
B. asking for
B. influential
B. broken
B. knock
B. aware
B. recognized
B. appearance
B. ignored
B. appointment
B. confusing | C. quickly
C. sincere
C. chatted
C. reply
C. took out
C. returning
C. holding
C. insisted
C. unnecessary
C. so
C. waiting for
C. anxious
C. touched
C. invitation
C. afraid
C. praised
C. sound
C. remembered
C. suggestion
C. scaring | D. angrily
D. kind
D. argued
D. return
D. gave out
D. leaving
D. unlocking
D. continued
D. curious
D. then
D. calling for
D. grateful
D. saved
D. picture
D. sure
D. thanked
D. announcement
D. wondered
D. attention
D. challenging | | 阅读理解。 | "Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?"
Jessica asked. "A skeleton in the closet?" her mother paused thoughtfully. "Well, it"s something that you would
rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad"s family had been arrested
for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family"s closet. He really wouldn"t want any neighbor to know
about it."
"Why pick on my family?" Jessica"s father said with anger. "Your family history isn"t so good, you know.
Wasn"t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?" "Yes, but
people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners." "Gosh, sorry
I asked. I think I understand now," Jessica cut iin before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica"s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother
was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending
to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica"s closet.
Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a
bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica"s mother sank in a faint (晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a
cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
"What happened? Where am I?" she asked. "You just destroyed the school"s skeleton, Mum," explained
Jessica. "I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as
I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad." Jessica looked in amazement as
her parents began to laugh madly. "They"re both crazy," she thought. | | 1. According to Jessica"s mother, "a skeleton in the close" means _____. | A. a family honor
B. a family secret
C. a family story
D. a family treasure | | 2. What can we learn about some Australians" ancestors form Paragraph 2? | A. They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B. They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days. | | 3. Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home? | A. She was curious about it.
B. She planned to keep it for fun.
C. She needed it for her school task.
D. She intended to scare her parents. | | 4. Jessica"s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because _____. | A. they were crazy
B. they were over excited
C. they realized their misunderstanding
D. they both thought they had won the quarrel | | 完形填空。 | Gabriel Oak was a sensible man of good character who had been brought up by his father as a shepherd
(牧羊人). He became a 1 like his father after growing up and was then managing to save enough money to
2 his own farm on Norcombe Hill in Dorset. He was twenty-eight, a tall, handsome 3 man, who didn"t
seem to think his appearance was very important. One 4 morning he was in one of his fields on the side of
Norcombe Hill.
5 over his gate, Gabriel could see a yellow cart loaded with furniture and 6 , coming up the road. Right
on top of the pile sat a handsome 7 . As Gabriel was watching, the cart stopped at the top of the 8 , and the
driver climbed 9 to go back and 10 something that had fallen off.
The woman sat 11 in the sunshine for a few minutes. Then she picked up a parcel(包袱) 12 next to her,
and she looked 13 to see if the driver was coming back. There was no sign of him. She unwrapped(解开)the
parcel and took out the 14 it contained. The sun shone on her 15 face and hair. 16 it was December, she
looked almost summery, sitting there in her bright red jacket with the 17 green plants around her. She looked
at 18 in the mirror and smiled, thinking that only the birds could see her. 19 behind the gate Gabriel Oak was
20 too. | ( )1. A. worker
( )2. A. produce
( )3. A. well-built
( )4. A. summer
( )5. A. Looking
( )6. A. grass
( )7. A. lady
( )8. A. farm
( )9. A. away
( )10. A. fetch
( )11. A. angrily
( )12. A. laid
( )13. A. forward
( )14. A. mirror
( )15. A. ugly
( )16. A. Yet
( )17. A. fresh
( )18. A. driver
( )19. A. And
( )20. A. laughing | B. businessman
B. make
B. well-educated
B. winter
B. Watching
B. leaves
B. man
B. hill
B. up
B. take
B. hopelessly
B. laying
B. up
B. purse
B. friendly
B. Although
B. smelly
B. man
B. However
B. working | C. farmer
C. keep
C. well-dressed
C. spring
C. Seeing
C. plants
C. gentleman
C. fields
C. down
C. bring
C. quietly
C. lain
C. toward
C. letter
C. lovely
C. But
C. salty
C. herself
C. Although
C. watching | D. driver
D. buy
D. well-arranged
D. autumn
D. Noticing
D. flowers
D. woman
D. road
D. around
D. pick
D. impatiently
D. lying
D. round
D. jacket
D. lonely
D. And
D. sweet
D. him
D. But
D. thinking | | 完形填空。 | Our school has a weekly "Parents View" program. Around four years ago, I 1 a call from the headmaster
to come to the"Parents View" talk the next morning. After the call I became very nervous and anxious. Many
2 thoughts were coming. One of them was to call the headmaster with 3 and tell him that I could not come.
4 , I gathered some courage. I thought, 5 I missed this opportunity, surely the school would never 6 me
again to any of their programs. So, I 7 to go and speak.
When my turn came and I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went 8 . I wasn"t even
able to read the written speech 9 . I was not 10 of where I was standing and what I was reading.
After my speech, I met with the headmaster and 11 what happened to me. He told me that this happened
to everyone. Even great 12 faced the same things when they started. He 13 that I come again.
I prepared a topic of talk for the next occasion. This time I was somehow comfortable but not very confident. Afterwards, I met with the headmaster again and told him about the 14 I felt I had made. He was 15 enough
to invite me again, but this time to give a 16 to the teachers.
I prepared and practiced day and night. With the blessing of God, this went very well and was 17 by the
headmaster as well as the teachers because they knew where I started from. They encouraged and praised my
18 .
After delivering this presentation successfully, I became 19 . I learned that everything is possible if we
have 20 to take the first step. | ( )1. A. received
( )2. A. serious
( )3. A. fear
( )4. A. Fortunately
( )5. A. though
( )6. A. invite
( )7. A. refused
( )8. A. hot
( )9. A. properly
( )10. A. sick
( )11. A. argued
( )12. A. speakers
( )13. A. commanded
( )14. A. story
( )15. A. kind
( )16. A. message
( )17. A. scolded
( )18. A. faith
( )19. A. popular
( )20. A. aims | B. made
B. negative
B. excitement
B. Finally
B. until
B. take
B. offered
B. dry
B. carefully
B. afraid
B. proved
B. teachers
B. suggested
B. mistake
B. honest
B. suggestion
B. appreciated
B. choice
B. special
B. luck | C. accepted
C. deep
C. regret
C. Actually
C. because
C. bring
C. decided
C. open
C. cheerfully
C. fond
C. explained
C. parents
C. requested
C. trouble
C. stubborn
C. presentation
C. instructed
C. results
C. confident
C. chances | D. gave
D. sudden
D. delight
D. Obviously
D. if
D. send
D. pretended
D. full
D. actively
D. aware
D. concluded
D. students
D. demanded
D. progress
D. eager
D. comment
D. corrected
D. efforts
D. famous
D. courage |
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