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That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City"s Pennsyl-vania Railway
Station.
After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas-sengers.
I"d like to join them, thinking,"Everyone else is doing it."
When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do."You give an honest day"s work," he
said, looking at me straight in the eye."They"re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that."
I followed my dad"s advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.
Of all the jobs I"ve had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me.
Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team
is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with
many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he"d be gone.
Whether you"re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can"t trust one another,
there"s going to be trouble.
B. Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.
C. They were all from poor families.
D. They were all thin, young boys.
B. Don"t believe them if they are paying you more.
C. Don"t follow others to overcharge the passengers.
D. It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.
B. it is considered as the most dangerous
C. it does great harm to human relationship
D. it may lead to the loss of his sports team
B. working in the sports team was his most important experience
C. he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members
D. his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life
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试题【阅读理解。 Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach
(教练)said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the
fun was taken out of 2 .
At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after
winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters
could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn"t give them more playing time in our 6 . The
coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 . I always
wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 .
But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldn"t be doing exercises 11
for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn"t eat much, because I was
afraid of being too 13 8 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more
than my usual 14 .
Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two
of them stopped playing football completely. That"s 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just
burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my
school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After
I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it"s a lot easier to do it well.
| ( )1. A. class ( )2. A. playing ( )3. A. great ( )4. A. business ( )5. A. free ( )6. A. matches ( )7. A. jump ( )8. A. duty ( )9. A. necessary ( )10. A. speaking ( )11. A. used ( )12. A. till ( )13. A. full ( )14. A. size ( )15. A. gave ( )16. A. sad ( )17. A. received ( )18. A. reconsidered ( )19. A. at ( )20. A. fell | B. club | C. team C. learning C. right C. attempt C. good C. lessons C. run C. operation C. scientific C. sleeping C. made C. before C. lazy C. space C. ended C. silly C. brought C. re-formed C. for C. slowed | D. board D. working D. extra D. pressure D. basic D. programs D. shoot D. training D. practical D. breathing D. described D. because D. big D. state D. picked D. serious D. felt D. replaced D. around D. calmed | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||
| It was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail from the only college I had ever imagined attending. I tore open the packet. My eyes were fixed on the word "congratulations."I don"t remember ever smiling so wide. Then I looked at my financial (财政的) package. The cost of Dream School"s tuition (学费), room and board was around $ 40,000- an impossible sum! How could I afford to attend? What good reasons did I have to go there when three other fine colleges were offering me free tuition? My other choices were good, solid schools even if they weren"t as famous as my first choice. In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of becoming a world-class writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful with money, I wasn"t sure what to do. One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informational dinner one night in the spring. to do was smile politely, eat free food, listen quietly. But I surprised myself. At dinner the president of the university talked about the wonderful activities on campus (校园) including guest lectures and social gatherings. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all future events. He continued with explanations of professors, class sizes, activities, and sporting events on campus. As he spoke, I began to realize that this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the best one for me. It seemed small yet with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring. As the president ended his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our chairs. As I walked out that door, a feeling of comfort washed over me. Looking at the campus that night, I realized that I would be spending the next four years right there. In all honesty, my university is not as well-known as my "dream" university. However, it turned out to be the right choice of schools for me. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. How did the author feel when he started to read the letter? | ||||||||||||||
| A. He was full of joy. B. He was lost in his dream. C. He was worried about the money. D. He was uncertain which school to go to. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. We can learn from the passage that the parents were ______. | ||||||||||||||
| A. honest B. strict C. supportive D. decisive | ||||||||||||||
| 3. In Paragraph 5, "offered me a full ride"can be replaced by "_______". | ||||||||||||||
| A. would pay for transport to the school B. would show me around the campus C. would offer free meals at all events D. would charge me nothing for tuition | ||||||||||||||
| 4. What does the author mainly want to say? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Your second-choice college may actually by your best fit. B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools. C. You should try your best to attend your dream school. D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame. | ||||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||
| It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That"s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty. "I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder." But Hyde couldn"t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene. Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination (目的地). At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn"t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about. "Just about that time,"Hyde says, "I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He"d blown his engine. Now he had to stop." "After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn"t have a driver"s license (执照)." That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty－a thousand dollars for the new engine－not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. The meaning of "panicked"in Paragraph 2 is related to _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. shame B. hate C. anger D. fear | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Because he was racing with another driver on the road. B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene. C. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him. D. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Which of the following statements is true? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Someone else was taking care of the injured person. B. The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene. C. Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car. D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. The driver of the Firebird ______. | ||||||||||||||
| A. took a wrong turn on the way B. had some trouble with his car C. was stopped by the police officer D. paid for the expenses of the accident | ||||||||||||||
| 5. What is probably the best title for the article? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Losing His Way? B. Going My Way? C. Fun All the Way? D. Help on the Way? | ||||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||||||||||
| One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场) house in a large valley. 1 seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 2 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 3 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 4 Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his 5 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats (蹄声). He 6 . There before him stood a tall, white 7 . An old man stared down at him from its back. "Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul. "My name is Gray Cloud," the old man answered 8 . "Come with me." Raul followed on his horse. A 9 feeling came over him. All 10 them the rain was pouring down, 11 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 12 back toward Raul"s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 13 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 14 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 15 . Raul"s father ran out across the yard to 16 him. "We have been 17 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let"s get in out of the 18 ." "Wait," said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?" "Can"t say I … wait. I 19 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 20 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?" | ||||||||||||||
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