One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a 1 man with a big
suitcase, He was called William Warbler and he looked very 2 indeed. But what made him most unusual
was the fact that whenever he needed to 3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said "good day"
to him, he would clear his throat and 4 :
"Goood dayyy to youuuuuu to00000!"…
Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal 5 word out of him. And,
as no one knew how he made his living-and he lived quite 6 , always wearing his old second-hand suit-they
often had no 7 for him and sometimes even made fun of him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, a rumor (谣言) 8 that William had 9
a role in a very important opera in the nation"s capital, that there had been posters everywhere 10 the event,
that nearly everyone in the capital had gone to see it, and that it had been a great 11 . And to everyone"s
surprise, when William was being 12 by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking 13 singing.
And he did it with good 14 and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day on, William 15 singing at all hours. He sang only during his stage appearances. Some people
had an idea 16 he had changed, but others still had none, and continued believing him to be somewhat mad.
They wouldn"t have thought so 17 they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone,
with a hand-carved message on it.
The message said: "Practice, my boy. Practice every second, for you never know when your 18 will
come."
Little did people 19 that he only got the role in the opera because the 20 had heard William singing while
out buying a newspaper. |
( )1. A. handsome
( )2. A. wealthy
( )3. A. debate
( )4. A. laugh
( )5. A. advised
( )6. A. naturally
( )7. A. patience
( )8. A. developed
( )9. A. refused
( )10. A. broadcasting
( )11. A. benefit
( )12. A. questioned
( )13. A. other than
( )14. A. movement
( )15. A. gave up
( )16. A. how
( )17. A. while
( )18. A. chance
( )19. A. appreciate
( )20. A. villager | B. strange
B. confident
B. practice
B. respond
B. spoken
B. luckily
B. sense
B. exploded
B. created
B. advertising
B. discovery
B. blamed
B. rather than
B. efforts
B. turned down
B. why
B. because
B. mind
B. ignore
B. teacher | C. famous
C. uncommon
C. appear
C. repeat
C. written
C. simply
C. concern
C. spread
C. performed
C. supporting
C. success
C. interviewed
C. apart from
C. signs
C. asked for
C. that
C. if
C. solution
C. expect.
C. neighbor | D. sensitive
D. anxious
D. communicate
D. whisper
D. printed
D. calmly
D. respect
D. gathered
D. received
D. celebrating
D. experience
D. welcomed
D. except for
D. pronunciation
D. went over
D. where
D. since
D. wisdom
D. realize
D. director |
| 1-5: B C D B B 6-10: C D C D B 11-15: C C B D A 16-20: B C A D D |
核心考点
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| 阅读理解。 | During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance
and who I was taking. Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries. When I was
graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going
onto college. For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote,"Enjoy your four years... they go by
fast." I remember not believing him then, but looking back... he was right. Those four years shaped who I
was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.
However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone
spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasn"t ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends
together and knowing what every single day was going to be like. Studying was something I did only AFTER
I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I
would go to community college (社区学院) and I didn"t worry about my SAT (美国大学入学考试) scores.
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own colleges, I started to wish
I had done the same. My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was
living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it! I thought
college was supposed to be different! Why didn"t I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I
ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus (大学校园) atmosphere instead of
two.
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of
your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduated and I am working full time and I would do anything to
go back to my high school days for a second chance! | | 1. Why didn"t the author worry about his SAT scores? | A. He wanted to go to community college.
B. He had been admitted for his gift in dance.
C. He was well prepared for the exam
D. He believed his brother would help him | | 2. When in high school, the author _____. | A. drove to and from class every day
B. buried himself in his study all the time
C. enjoyed talking about future college life
D. lived in the school except on holidays | | 3. what did the author"s brother mean by "Enjoy your four years... they go by Fast"? | A. He wished the author to have more dance.
B. He advised the author to value the years.
C. He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.
D. He suggested the author aim at a community college. | | 4. Talking of his high school years, the author feels _____. | A. regretful
B. lonely
C. angry
D. pleased | | 完形填空。 | I think we should try to find a happy memory, something to lift us up on those unpleasant days.
I`m saying this because I think I just found mine!
I had some work in Glasgow then. I was on a really 1 schedule, which meant I would have no time
for myself all day. I was having one of those days, when the train was completely 2 and the conversation
going on around me seemed to be particularly 3 . Besides, I had a bit of a headache. 4 quickly across
the station hall, I fished some 5 from my pocket. There was usually someone at the exit 6 the Big
Issue (a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living).
7 the crowd parted ways at the bottom of the hall, I saw someone selling the Big Issue. She really
looked like she`d been sleeping 8 . Her clothes were 9 and she obviously hadn`t had a scrub up (擦洗)
for quite a while.
As I 10 the exit, I saw that she was 11 from side to side. At first I thought she was trying to keep
12 against the biting wind. But she wasn`t. She was moving in time to a 13 . I couldn"t hear her, but I
could see her lips moving.
When I got closer, I saw a white 14 hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes.
She was 15 , dirty and living on streets. I came closer and through the 16 of the traffic I could hear her
17 the immortal (不朽的) line,"…And I think to myself, what a wonderful world!".
I bought her last magazine for twice what I"d originally 18 . She thanked me, and 19 her belongings
and went tapping off along the pavement -still singing! So, I have my happy 20 for the day, and I think it
will stay with me a long,long time. | ( )1. A. enjoyable
( )2. A. crowded
( )3. A. moving
( )4. A. looking
( )5. A. cigarettes
( )6. A. selling
( )7. A. With
( )8. A. comfortably
( )9. A. shabby
( )10. A. left
( )11. A. jumping
( )12. A. active
( )13. A. dance
( )14. A. issue
( )15. A. deaf
( )16. A. noise
( )17. A. recite
( )18. A. expected
( )19. A. picked up
( )20. A. decision | B. relaxing
B. delayed
B. interesting
B. walking
B. sweets
B. buying
B. Since
B. rough
B. casual
B. passed
B. limbing
B. energetic
B. tune
B. arm
B. lame
B. music
B. compose
B. charged
B. threw away
B. memory | C. tight
C. loaded
C. pleasing
C. wandering
C. change
C. collecting
C. Until
C. soundly
C. tidy
C. approached
C. rolling
C. warm
C. step
C. stick
C. mad
C. voice
C. read
C. intended
C. turned out
C. program | D. tiring
D. crashed
D. meaningless
D. searching
D. paper
D. delivering
D. As
D. anxiously
D. fashionable
D. examined
D. rocking
D. awake
D. sound
D. log
D. blind
D. sound
D. sing
D. organized
D. hid away
D. design | | 完形填空。 | "You will never walk again. You will have to use a wheelchair." I heard his 1 fall heavily on my ears,
numbing my soul. If I had never felt hopeless before, I felt hopeless then.
The car accident has left me unconscious. When 2 , I found both legs in casts (石膏). While I had
other serious injuries, my 3 were my first concern. Working as a special needs teacher and busy and
active by nature, I couldn"t imagine being 4 in a wheelchair.
Lying in my bed, I wondered how I 5 give my ten-year-old son hope that mom would 6 . He"d been
cheerful on every visit, but I saw 7 in his eyes. He needed the ray of hope that I would not be in a
wheelchair forever.Just maybe, I thought, I could use this experience to teach him what to do when
misfortune 8 .
It didn"t take me long to become 9 with my limited movements and even with the pace the doctors
were willing to go with me. I was determined to learn everything they showed me.
Every night in my private room, as soon as I knew I wouldn"t be 10 or discovered, I would move
myself from the bed to the floor, 11 on to the bed rail (床栏杆) for life, and slowly putting my weight
12 my feet.After several weeks of such difficult 13 , my strength and confidence continued to 14 .
It came the time to share my accomplishments with the person most 15 to me.One night, when I
heard my son greet the nurses at the station, I 16 myself up.As he opened the door, I took a few small
steps. 17 , he could only watch as I turned and started back to bed.All of the pain, the fear, and the struggle
18 as I heard the words I had longed to hear,"Mommy, you can walk!"
I am now able to walk alone, sometimes using a stick.I am able to take public transportation to shop and
visit friends.My life has been blessed with many 19 of which I am proud.But none has ever brought me the
satisfaction and joy 20 by those four little words of my son. | ( )1. A. words
( )2. A. hit
( )3. A. legs
( )4. A. placed
( )5. A. might
( )6. A. change
( )7. A. curiosity
( )8. A. strikes
( )9. A. familiar
( )10. A. punished
( )11. A. falling
( )12. A. through
( )13. A. efforts
( )14. A. appear
( )15. A. useful
( )16. A. opened
( )17. A. Disappointed
( )18. A. faded
( )19. A. expectations
( )20. A. proved | B. report
B. awakened
B. parents
B. caught
B. should
B. recover
B. surprise
B. passes
B. strict
B. interrupted
B. setting
B. in
B. lessons
B. survive
B. important
B. dressed
B. Embarrassed
B. spread
B. challenges
B. offered | C. explanations
C. asked
C. activities
C. carried
C. could
C. adjust
C. fear
C. continues
C. discouraged
C. accepted
C. holding
C. at
C. acts
C. build
C. popular
C. woke
C. Frightened
C. backed
C. achievements
C. taught | D. decision
D. discovered
D. surroundings
D. stuck
D. must
D. succeed
D. puzzle
D. remains
D. impatient
D. protected
D. keeping
D. on
D. hours
D. add
D. pleasant
D. dragged
D. Shocked
D. sank
D. supports
D. suggested | | 阅读理解。 | The drug store was closing for the night. Young Alfred Higgins, the shop-assistant, was ready to go
home. Mr. Carr, the boss, stared at him and said:"Hold on, Alfred. Maybe you"d be good enough to take
the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go." Alfred"s face got red. After a little
hesitation, he took out what he had stolen. Mr. Carr said,"Maybe I should call your mother and let her
know I"m going to have to put you in prison."
Alfred thought his mother would come rushing in, eyes burning with anger. But, to his surprise, she
arrived wearing a smile. "Hello, I"m Alfred"s mother. Is he in trouble?" she said. Mr. Carr was surprised,
too. He had expected Alfred"s mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for
a mercy for her son. But no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel
guilty…. Soon Mr. Carr was shaking his head in agreement with what she was saying."Of course", he
said, "I don"t want to be cruel. You are right. Sometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at
certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long time to get sense into their heads." And he warmly
shook Mrs. Higgins"s hand.
Back home, without even looking at Alfred, she said,"You are a bad luck. It is one thing after another,
always has been. Why do you stand there so stupidly? Go to bed." In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother
in the kitchen. There was no shame in him, just pride in his mother"s strength. He felt he must tell her how
great she was. As he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea. He was shocked by what
he saw. His mother"s face was a frightened, broken one. It was not the same cool, bright face he saw
earlier in the drug store. As she lifted the tea cup, her hand shook. And some of the tea splashed on the table.
Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. He watched his mother without making a sound. The picture
of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth coming to an end. He saw all the troubles he brought
his mother in her shaking hand and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was
the first time he had ever really seen his mother. | | 1. The reason why Mr. Carr felt guilty was that _____. | A. he found Alfred was in fact innocent
B. he should have called a policeman in first
C. Alfred"s mother appeared polite and gentle
D. he thought he was partly responsible for it | | 2. Which of the following is probably said by Mrs. Higgins while talking to Mr. Carr? | A. "Please, for God"s sake, you know, he is just a kid."
B. "I can"t believe it! You are treating my son like that!"
C. "You know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow up."
D. "Punishment makes sense because it teaches about the law." | | 3. What does the underlined phrase "his mother"s strength"(Para. 3) refer to? | A. Mrs. Higgins"s calmness and communicating skills.
B. Mrs. Higgins"s attitude towards parental sufferings.
C. Mrs. Higgins"s love and care for her son Alfred.
D. Mrs. Higgins"s greatness as a woman. | | 4. After the incident, young Alfred would probably _____. | A. feel ashamed of his mother
B. change his attitude towards life
C. learn to live an independent life
D. hate Mr. Carr for hurting his mother | | 阅读理解。 | Trapped on the 37th Floor
Melinda Skaar wasn"t expecting any phone calls. Skaar was working late in her office at the First
Internet bank of California. By 10:45 that night she was almost ready to go home when the phone rang.
Picking it up, she heard a guard shouting. There is a fire! Get out of there. Skaar didn"t panic. She
figured that it was just a small fire. Her office building was huge. There were 62 floors and her desk
was on the 37th floor.
Skaar called out to office mate Stephen Oksas, who also stayed late to work. But when they got out
to the hallway, they were met by a cloud of black smoke. Rushing back, Skaar shut the door and filled
the space at the bottom of the door with her jacket to keep the smoke out.
Then they called 911. before they could call their families, however, the line went dead. That meant
that they were completely cut off from the outside world. All they could do was wait and hope someone
would come to rescue them.
Minutes ticked by. Smoke began to float into the office. Soon it became hard for them to breathe.
Looking around, Skaar noticed a small workroom. It seemed to have cleaner air. So they crowed there.
That helped for a while, but in time even the workroom was filled with deadly smoke.
Hopeless, they tried to break the windows, but the glass was not breakable. Everything they threw at
just bounced back.
Defeated, they struggled back to the workroom. They felt weak and dizzy. Soon Skaar found Oksas
had passed out.
Skaar and Oksas knew they were lucky to be alive. Sunday is my birthday, Skaar told a reporter. She
would be turning 29. but she knew she had already got the best present possible-the gift of life. | | 1. What did Skaar and Oksas do where were stopped by the fire? | A. they called their families
B. they waited where they were
C. they tried to run down the stairs
D. they rushed back and shut the door | | 2. The first sentence of the passage is to _______. | A. introduce Skaar
B. get the reader"s attention
C. explain the cause of the event
D. tell the background information | | 3. The following helped Skaar and Oksas survive the fire except _______. | |
A. calling 911 for help
B. breaking the windows to get some fresh air
C. crowding in a small workroom for clean air
D. shutting the door and keeping the smoke out with a jacket | | 4. what can we conclude from Skaar"s action in the fire? | A. she is cleverer than Oksas
B. she was trained as a firefighter
C. she remained calm in the face of danger
D. she had had the experience of being caught in fire. |
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