A little boy invited his mother to attend his school"s first teacher-parent parent meeting. To the little
boy"s 1 ,she said she would go. This 2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his
mother and he felt 4 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar
(疤痕) that 5 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got
the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 8 the car, but
the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) and 9 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 10
of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 11 ,"How did you get the scar on your face?"
The mother replied," 12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13
afraid to go in because the fire was 14 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a loing piece
of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately,
a fireman came in and saved both of us." She 16 the burned side of her face."This scar will be 17 , but to
this day, I have never 18 what I did."
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his
arms and felt a great 19 of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20 for
the rest of the day. |
( )1.A. enjoyment
( )2.A. would
( )3.A. noticed
( )4.A. sick
( )5. A. included
( )6. A. talk about
( )7. A. impressed
( )8. A. in sight of
( )9. A. hid
( )10. A. understanding
( )11. A. carefully
( )12. A. As
( )13. A. so
( )14. A. out of control
( )15. A. helpless
( )16. A. pointed
( )17. A. ugly
( )18. A. forgot
( )19. A. honor
( )20. A. quietly | B. disappointment
B. could
B. greeted
B. ashamed
B. passed
B. think about
B. surprised
B. by means of
B. protected
B. reminding
B. seriously
B. When
B. much
B. under control
B. hopeless
B. showed
B. lasting
B. recognized
B. sense
B. slightly | C. surprise
C. should
C. accepted
C. afraid
C. covered
C. care about
C. excited
C. by way of
C. separated
C. hearing
C. nervously
C. Since
C. quite
C. in control
C. senseless
C. wiped
C. serious
C. considered
C. happiness
C. tightly | D. excitement
D. must
D. met
D. tired
D. shaded
D. hear about
D. comforted
D. in spite of
D. escaped
D. learning
D. anxiously
D. While
D. too
D. over control
D. useless
D. touched
D. frightening
D. regretted
D. pride
D. suddenly | | 完形填空。 | Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trains, or even cars can be a terrible trouble-especially when they
are insects. As for this, there is a great 1 between human beings and insects. The former 2 every
possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 3 attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the 4 man who had to stop his car soon after 5 from a country village
to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the 6 of the car, he naturally got out to 7 the wheels
carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he 8 his way. Again the noise began 9 and became even
louder. Quickly 10 his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 11 cloud following the car. When
he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen been must be hidden in his car as there were
thousands of bees 12 .
On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour"s 13 driving, he arrived
safely in London, where he parked his car outside a 14 and went in. It was not long 15 a customer who
had seen him arrive 16 in to inform him that his car was 17 with bees. The poor driver was 18 that
the best way should be to call a 19 . In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger
hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this 20 gift, the bee-keeper took
the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box. | ( )1. A. connection
( )2. A. do
( )3. A. give
( )4. A. unfortunate
( )5. A. passing by
( )6. A. front
( )7. A. clean
( )8. A. drove
( )9. A. normally
( )10. A. hiding
( )11. A. black
( )12. A. below
( )13. A. boring
( )14. A. hotel
( )15. A. when
( )16. A. broke
( )17. A. crowded
( )18. A. advised
( )19. A. bee-keeper
( )20. A. unfamiliar | B. difference
B. take
B. keep
B. careless
B. leaving out
B. back
B. change
B. continued
B. gently
B. turning
B. beautiful
B. ahead
B. careful
B. museum
B. after
B. moved
B. covered
B. required
B. policeman
B. unknown | C. communication
C. make
C. pay
C. unpleasant
C. setting out
C. left
C. test
C. pushed
C. actually
C. shaking
C. white
C. nearby
C. exciting
C. hospital
C. until
C. hurried
C. filled
C. ordered
C. waiter
C. unexpected | D. similarity
D. try
D. draw
D. hopeless
D. getting up
D. right
D. examine
D. forced
D. immediately
D. raising
D. colorful
D. behind
D. hard
D. school
D. before
D. dropped
D. equipped
D. requested
D. repairman
D. uncertain | | 完形填空。 | The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn"t until October 26 that Vice-Admiral
(海军中将) Collingwood was 1 to send off his report to Britain 2 tile victory and Nelson" s death.
He chose 3 the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet. Pickle. 4 by Captain Lapenotiere. In
spite of 5 winds and rough seas, Pickle made the 6 of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days,
7 Falmouth on the morning of November 4.
From there, Captain Lapenotiere 8 a fast post chaise (轻便马车) to London, traveling 9 for 37
hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6--less than 11 days
after he had. 10 Collingwood.
Most of the officials had gone to bed 11 , but the secretary was still 12 in the famous Board Room.
Lapenotiere hurried in and 13 the report with the simple words: " Sir, we have gained a great victory. But
we have 14 Lord Nelson."
Copies of the report were quickly made and 15 to the Prime Minister and King George III. A special
edition of a 16 was rushed out and delivered all over the country.
The atmosphere of public 17 for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow for the 18 of
Nelson. As one poet later wrote: "The victory of Trafalgar was 19 . indeed, with the usual forms of
rejoicing (欢庆), 20 they were without joy." | ( )1. A. eager
( )2. A. announcing
( )3. A. with
( )4. A. seated
( )5. A. strong
( )6. A. distance
( )7. A. leaving for
( )8. A. made
( )9. A. freely.
( )10. A. seen
( )11. A. long before
( )12. A. on leave
( )13. A. took over
( )14. A. defeated
( )15. A. sent
( )16. A. book
( )17. A. hope
( )18. A. return
( )19. A. congratulated
( )20. A. and | B. anxious
B. telling
B. from
B. brought
B. weak
B. flight
B. arriving at
B. took
B. aimlessly
B. found
B. long ago
B. on business
B. handed over
B. beaten
B. carried
B. newspaper
B. search
B. failure
B. celebrated
B. so | C. able
C. mentioning
C. for
C. owned
C. warm
C. voyage
C. staying in
C. kept
C. slowly
C. told
C. before long
C. at work
C. gave out
C. missed
C. suggested
C. weekly
C. desire
C. death
C. gained
C. for | D. sure
D. warning
D. among
D. led
D. light
D. march
D. sailing for
D. sat
D. continuously
D. left
D. long after
D. at sea
D. turned out
D. lost
D. written
D. magazine
D. happiness
D. injury
D. reported
D. but | | 阅读理解。 | Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I" m not a football commentator (评论员),
though--just an English teacher in Japan.
I came to Japan two years ago, and didn" t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you.
People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it" s best to teach, in a bigger city
where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often
complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which
is good for tile nightlife factor. But I" d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large
nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately, which means I" m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private
teaching, it"s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The
problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule (日程表)
of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is
fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do
here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off -- even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game
had trouble getting the day off. | | 1. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in _______. | A. Tokyo
B. a small town
C. a city of middle size
D. a big city | | 2. According to the writer, one had better _______ first to do private teaching better. | A. take a TEFL course
B. decide his or her own lessons
C. find students
D. build up a full schedule | | 3. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that _______. | A. there are many foreigners in Japan
B. Japan is good for nightlife
C. they can teach English privately in Japan
D. Japan has something more attractive than expected | | 4. The underlined word "reluctant" in the passage may probably mean _______. | A. kind
B. unwilling
C. free
D. careless | 阅读理解。 | The young boy saw me, or rather, he saw the car and quickly ran up to me,eager to sell his bunches
(串) of bananas and bags of peanuts. Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already
known he bitterness of life. "Bananas 300 naira. Peanuts 200 naira." He said in a low voice. I bargained
him down to 200 that for the fruit and nuts, When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill. He didn"t have
change. So I told him not to worry. He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I was more aware of my position in a society where it"s
not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the corner selling fruit in the
burning sun. My parents bad raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the
responsibility it brought to us.
I pulled over and rolled down my window, He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready. I
waved them away. "What"t up?"asked him.
"I…I don"t have money to buy books for school."I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh
500 naira bills. "Will this help?" I asked. He looked around nervously before taking the money. One thousand
naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year.
"Thank you, sir." he said. "Thank you very much!"
When driving home. I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for schoolbooks. What if he"s
a cheat (骗子)? And then I wondered why I did it. Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him?
Later, I realized that I wondered why I did it, Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later,
I realized that I didn"t know his name or the least bit about him, nor did I think to ask.
Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria. Sometime after
I returned, I went out For a drive. When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window
with a big smile ready on his face.
"Oh, gosh! Long time."
"Are you in school now?"I asked.
He nodded.
"That"s good," I said. A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted.
"Here," I held out a 500 naira bill. "Take this." He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt. "What"s
wrong?" I asked. "It"s a gift."
He shook his head again and brought his had form behind his back. His face shone with sweat (汗水).
He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said, "I"ve been waiting to
give these to you." | | 1. What was the author"s first impression of the boy? | A. He seemed to be poor and greedy.
B. He seemed to have his age.
C. He seemed younger than his age.
D. He seemed good at bargaining. | | 2. The second time the author met the boy, the boy _____. | A. told him his purpose of selling fruit and nuts
B. wanted to express his thanks
C. asked him for money for his schoolbooks
D. tried to take advantage of him | | 3. Why did the author give his money to the boy? | A. Because he had enough money to do that.
B. Because he had learnt to help others since childhood.
C. Because he held a higher position in the society.
D. Because he had been asked by the news agency to do so. | | 4. Which of the following best describes the boy? | A. Brave and polite.
B. Kind and smart.
C. Honest and thankful.
D. Shy and nervous. |
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