I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it 1 me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle.
I"d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. 2 ,
one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was 3 explained to me that they were letting me go.
I just sat there 4 they talked on and all I could think was, "I"ve 5 ." I"d been so well respected; 6 I was
of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very 7 place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could 8
things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的)
in everything 9 me.
Then in late June, my youngest son"s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he"d been very
sad when I 10 the same final, so he was 11 when I told him I"d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his
face as he saw me 12 him on was unbelievable. From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their
passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son"s ban-I 13 went to another
city to watch him play. These moments were so 14 . My life had been so much devoted to 15 for so long and
I felt 16 that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
17 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose-I was someone"s mum! I felt a sense of being 18
again. Now I feel more positive about my professional 19 and I"m getting on better with my family than I ever
have. Losing my job made me realize just how 20 it is to achieve real balance in life. |
( )1. A. Promised
( )2. A. Therefore
( )3. A. quickly
( )4. A. until
( )5. A. failed
( )6. A. suddenly
( )7. A. secret
( )8. A. see
( )9. A. defended
( )10. A. watched
( )11. A. disappointed
( )12. A. cheering
( )13. A. just
( )14. A. hopeful
( )15. A. work
( )16. A. successful
( )17. A. Naturally
( )18. A. employed
( )19. A. education
( )20. A important | B. afforded
B. Anyhow
B. gently
B. after
B. finished
B. finally
B. quiet
B. get
B. directed
B. missed
B. worried
B. taking
B. even
B. meaningful
B. family
B. thoughtful
B. Doubtfully
B. comforted
B. experience
B. interesting | C. showed
C. Otherwise
C. partly
C. as
C. tried
C. immediately
C. lonely
C. suggest
C. deserted
C. lost
C. honoured
C. leading
C. still
C. difficult
C. matches
C. thankful
C. Disagreeably
C. valued
C. relationship
C. simple | D. left
D. However
D. easily
D. so
D. changed
D. shortly
D. dark
D. understand
D. disturbed
D. won
D. delighted
D. passing
D. almost
D. strange
D. performances
D. peaceful
D. Unexpectedly
D. encouraged
D. future
D. surprising |
| 1-5 BDBCA 6-10 ADACB 11-15 DABBA 16-20 CDCDA |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it 1 me and my】；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。 | July 21st 2007 was a typical English summer"s day-it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from
work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm. However, the
road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door. a wave
of waters greeted me. Thank God the kids weren"t wish me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We
lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the wall"s ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn"t want to move the children out of home, so we camped
upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we
felt very sick, so we move to a wooden house in a park. The house was small. but at first we were all just
delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10
months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a
community (社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I"d never thought how much
I, I"d miss that.
Although our situation was very bad, it"s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what"s
happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought. "We didn"t have
a straw hut (茅草房) that was for Christmas. But I can"t wait-I"m going to throw a party for our friends in
the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won"t need any gifts-living away from home for months
has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things,
there"s really no rush-we have our home back and that"s the main thing. | | 1. What does the underlined word "amiss" in the first paragraph mean? | A. Wrong.
B. Missing.
C. Right.
D. Found | | 2. It can be inferred from the text that the author _____. | A. was sick of staying upstairs
B. cared much about her children
C. could not stand living in a wooden house
D. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood | | 3. Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph? | A. Because her situation was not serious.
B. Because many other paces were flooded.
C. Because she had been to Northern India.
D. Because some others suffered even more. | | 4. What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story? | A. She valued human feelings more than before.
B. She realized she almost didn"t need possession.
C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.
D. She thought her own home was the most important. | | 完形填空。 | The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to
school. He 1 me with a puzzle-all because he waved to me like someone does 2 seeing a close friend.
A big, 3 smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to 4 his face to see if I knew him.
I didn"t. Perhaps he had 5 me for someone else. By the time I contented myself with the 6 that he and
I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.
Then one day the 7 was solved. As I 8 the school he was standing in the middle of the road 9
his stop sign. I was in live behind four cars. 10 the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered
his sign and let the cars 11 . To the first he waved and 12 in just the same way he had done to me over the
last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car
got the same 13 from the crossing guard, and the driver, a stiff-looking (表情刻板的) businessman, gave
a brief, almost 14 wave back. Each following car of kids on their way to school 15 more heartily.
Every morning I continued to watch the man with 16 . So far I haven"t seen anyone 17 to wave back.
I find it interesting that one person can make such a(n) 18 to so many people"s lives by doing one simple
thing like waving and smiling warmly. His 19 armed the start of my day. With a friendly wave and smiling
face he had changed the 20 of the whole neighbourhood. | ( )1. A. hit
( )2. A. on
( )3. A. false
( )4. A. research
( )5. A. praised
( )6. A. conclusion
( )7. A. argument
( )8. A. visited
( )9. A. drawing back
( )10. A. Once
( )11. A. in
( )12. A. cried
( )13. A. idea
( )14. A. awkward
( )15. A. came
( )16. A. surprise
( )17. A. fail
( )18. A. offer
( )19. A. effectiveness
( )20. A. trends | B. disappointed
B. from
B. shy
B. study
B. blamed
B. description
B. disagreement
B. approached
B. putting on
B. Before
B. through
B. cheered
B. reply
B. angry
B. responded
B. frustration
B. try
B. sacrifice
B. cheerfulness
B. observations | C. presented
C. during
C. apologetic
C. recognize
C. mistaken
C. evaluation
C. mystery
C. passed
C. handing in
C. Unless
C. out
C. smiled
C. notice
C. elegant
C. hurried
C. interest
C. wish
C. promise
C. carefulness
C. regulations | D. bored
D. about
D. bright
D. explore
D. respected
D. introduction
D. task
D. left
D. holding out
D. While
D. down
D. gestured
D. greeting
D. patient
D. appeared
D. doubt
D. bother
D. difference
D. seriousness
D. feelings | | 阅读理解。 | I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language-the way it can evoke
(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And
I use them all-all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I"ve been giving more thought to the kind
of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" English. But feel
embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than "broken",
as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I"ve heard other terms used,
"limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people"s
perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother"s "limited" English limited my perception
of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.
That is,because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to
support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously,
did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won"t get into today, I began to write stories using all
the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described
as "broken", and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for
that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what
language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of
her thoughts. | | 1. By saying "Language is the tool of my trade", the author means that _____. | A. she uses English in foreign trade
B. she is fascinated by languages
C. she works as a translator
D. she is a writer by profession | | 2. The author used to think of her mother"s English as _____. | A. impolite
B. amusing
C. imperfect
D. practical | | 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? | A. Americans do not understand broken English.
B. The author"s mother was not respected sometimes.
C. The author" mother had positive influence on her.
D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. | | 4. The author gradually realizes her mother"s English is _____. | A. well structured
B. in the old style
C. easy to translate
D. rich in meaning | | 5. What is the passage mainly about? | A. The changes of the author"s attitude to her mother"s English.
B. The limitation of the author"s perception of her mother.
C. The author"s misunderstanding of "limited" English.
D. The author"s experiences of using broken English. | | 阅读表达。阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 | Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart (购物手推车).
They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know-or even think
to ask-who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.
Every day he would see shoppers lugging (吃力地携带) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make
shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman"s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the
morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn"t wait to see them using his invention.
But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give
them a try.
After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren"t using his carts. "Don"t you think this
arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?" one shopper replied.
But Goldman wasn"t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade
people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and
pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony (假冒的)
customers.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his
market. But not only did more people come-those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle
baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
Today"s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman"s original model. Perhaps that"s one reason
Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937-
before the coming of the shopping cart. | 1. The underlined words "chrome-plate contraptions" in Paragraph 1 refer to _____. (No more than 3 words)
2. What was the purpose of Goldman"s invention? (No more than 10 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? (No more than 10 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? (No more than 10 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________ | | 完形填空。 | The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end, all the young people in our group
began to reflect on what it had meant. We 1 the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets
of the city 2 the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply 3 us all—
the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money … Walking home, 4 under a low
bridge, we came across 5 families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on 6 the night.
We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.
The poverty (贫困) was 7 than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel,
an air of sadness settled over the group. Many 8 and cried. Spending time in this 9 moves a person to
care about humanity.
That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had 10 . Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk
about the difficult 11 that day’s discoveries had inspired. Sitting together 12 a circle as everyone had a
chance to speak, we all began to realize that 13 of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.
Based on my 14 in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that 15 the emotions we had were painful, they
could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all 16 that we had seen things that should never
be allowed to happen. 17 , what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help
to ease the 18 we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on 19 they could do, a sense of
determination 20 the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action. | ( )1. A. put up with
( )2. A. now that
( )3. A. puzzled
( )4. A. marching
( )5. A. entire
( )6. A. beyond
( )7. A. stronger
( )8. A. gave up
( )9. A. environment
( )10. A. inspected
( )11. A. feelings
( )12. A. along
( )13. A. neither
( )14. A. experiences
( )15. A. once
( )16. A. supposed
( )17. A. Surely
( )18. A. burden
( )19. A. how
( )20. A. replaced | B. got back to
B. so that
B. annoyed
B. running
B. normal
B. with
B. deeper
B. broke down
B. hotel
B. attempted
B. decisions
B. around
B. either
B. schedules
B. while
B. advised
B. Rather
B. suffering
B. where
B. changed | C. looked back on
C. as if
C. embarrassed
C. passing
C. average
C. till
C. worse
C. set off
C. house
C. witnssed
C. thoughts
C. by
C. none
C. data
C. since
C. confirmed
C. Now
C. anxiety
C. what
C. covered | D. made up for
D. even if
D. shocked
D. moving
D. general
D. for
D. less
D. held on
D. background
D. challenged
D. impressions
D. in
D. each
D. position
D. unless
D. agreed
D. Indeed
D. difficulty
D. when
D. improved |
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