On the next-to-last day of school when I got on the bus I realized the tin (锡) heart a small girl gave me was
gone. "Does anyone know what happened to the little 1 that was up here?" I asked. With 39 children, there
was 2 .
Later, one boy shouted, "Charlie was the first one on the 3 . I"m sure he took it." Other children 4 , "Yeah!
Charlie did it! Search him!"
I asked Charlie, "Have you 5 the heart?" "I don"t know what you"re talking about," he answered. "I"m sure
he does!" 6 the girl who had given me the heart. "Check his 7 ."
I asked him to come forward, then I 8 my hand into one pocket. Nothing. I reached into 9 . Then I felt
it. I was about to pull the tin heart 10 Charlie"s pocket when I stopped myself. Let him keep it, a 11 seemed to
whisper in my ears.
"It must have 12 before I got here," I said to them. "I"ll 13 find it back at the bus stop." Without a word,
Charlie returned to his 14 . That summer Charlie moved away.
A dozen years later, I was in a department store in Kansas City, 15 someone said. "Polly?" I turned to see a
man nearly 16 age. "Yes?" His face didn"t look. 17 until I noticed his big gray eyes. There was no doubt. It
was 18 .
He told me he was living in Montana and doing well. Then, to my 19 , he hugged (拥抱) me. After he let go,
he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see-the little tin heart that 20 , "I love Polly and Polly
loves me."
"You were the only one who kept trying," he explained. We hugged again, and went our separate ways. |
( )1.A. heart
( )2.A. noise
( )3.A. bus
( )4.A. disagreed
( )5.A. stole
( )6.A. requested
( )7.A. pockets
( )8.A. pushed
( )9.A. another
( )10.A. up
( )11.A. man
( )12.A. got off
( )13.A. probably
( )14.A. room
( )15.A. before
( )16.A. early
( )17.A. angry
( )18.A. The girl
( )19.A. disappointment
( )20.A. read | B. picture
B. silence
B. bed
B. followed
B. hidden
B. insisted
B. hats
B. raised
B. the rest
B. down
B. voice
B. fallen off
B. quickly
B. desk
B. once
B. middle
B. familiar
B. That man
B. delight
B. wrote | C. card
C. replies
C. roof
C. joined
C. taken
C. cried
C. bags
C. stuck
C. others
C. into
C. thought
C. gone off
C. suddenly
C. seat
C. while
C. young
C. strict
C. Charlie
C. shock
C. showed | D. book
D. quarrels
D. train
D. answered
D. seen
D. announced
D. gloves
D. lowered
D. the other
D. out of
D. stranger
D. tumed off
D. smoothly
D. space
D. when
D. old
D. satisfied
D. The clerk
D. surprise
D. appeared |
| 1-5: A B A C D 6-10: B A C D D 11-15: B B A C D 16-20: B B C D A |
核心考点
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| 阅读理解。 | We always celebrated Dad"s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing
home. As years went on, these events took on a double meaning for me-a traditional birthday party for Dad,
and a personal thanking for all he had been to me in my life.
When we knew that it might be his last birthday, the whole family decided to prepare for a huge Grandpa
Simon birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party with lots of noise and food.
During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad"s turn to listen to some stories for a change. I
wanted everyone to tell Grandpa Simon what we loved about him. The room became still, and even Dad was
quiet as his family crowded around him. One after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad
listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. People recalled all kinds of lost memories-stories about when they were
little, stories about when Dad was young, stories that are shared family treasures. The stories flowed. Each
one seemed to trigger the memory of two more. Even the littlest grandchildren couldn"t wait to tell Dad why
they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was our chance
to celebrate him.
A few months later, at Dad"s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had given Dad that night.
Those were the stories people normally tell at a burial service, after a loved one is no longer around to hear the
words. They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the person who passed away will somehow hear
the outpouring of love. But we had given those loving memories to Dad in life, told through laughter, with hugs
and joy. He had them to hold and roll over in his mind during his last months and days. | | 1. Why did they organize a special birthday party for Dad? | A. Because he enjoyed crowded and noisy parties most.
B. Because he was badly ill, perhaps unable to live long.
C. Because they would like to share the loving memories.
D. Because they were eager to show how they loved him. | | 2. While listening to their stories, Dad was ____. | A. moved
B. angry
C. worried
D. surprised | | 3. The underlined word "trigger" in Paragraph 3 probably means ____. | A. destroy
B. lose
C. result from
D. bring back | | 4. We can learn from the text that ____. | A. words are sometimes very useful
B. we need to express thanks secretly to the ones we love
C. to celebrate others" birthdays is the way to give back love
D. each parent"s birthday party should be specially designed | | 完形填空。 | After finishing working at the hospital that day, I was driving home after a particularly busy night call. In
front of me was a public bus, with college students sitting on the roof, 1 a small metal railing (栏杆). As
the 2 weaved through traffic, I could see the boys 3 from side to side. 4 , a boy fell off the back of
the bus. He 5 the road face down, bounced once, and 6 . He lay 7 in the middle of the road as the bus
sped away. The cars directly behind the bus 8 to avoid the boy, but none stopped. Part of me understood-if
he died, it would mean police involvement and 9 problems. In fact, I felt the same willing to keep going, 10
the willing to stop and help was 11 . I knew that if the boy was bleeding into his brain, he could 12 in a
matter of minutes. He had to get to hospital quickly.
I stopped my car and carefully 13 the boy, who appeared to be about 20. His face was covered in 14 -he
had a long deep cut on his forehead and another above his right ear. There didn"t seem to be any other injuries.
I 5 to apply pressure to the cuts to stop the bleeding but failed. With the 6 of some bystanders, I lifted his
unconscious body into the back seat of my car. I asked a couple of men to 7 me, but they shrank away from
further involvement, I jumped in the car and 8 to the hospital. On reaching the emergency entrance, I 9 ,
"Head injury!" Hospital staff wheeled the boy into the emergency room, while I gave a quick 10 to the on-call
doctor.
After an initial examination, the doctors determined that he was most likely bleeding into his brain. Luckily
the boy was saved at last. | ( )1.A. getting
( )2.A. driver
( )3.A. dancing
( )4.A. Slowly
( )5.A. jumped
( )6.A. rolled over
( )7.A. careless
( )8.A. broke
( )9.A. improper
( )10.A. and
( )11.A. nicer
( )12.A. die
( )13.A. examined
( )14.A. mud
( )15.A. managed
( )16.A. watch
( )17.A. accompany
( )18.A. slipped
( )19.A. said
( )20.A. truth | B. holding
B. students
B. fighting
B. Quickly
B. hit
B. came over
B. motionless
B. braked
B. unimportant
B. so
B. bigger
B. live
B. found
B. blood
B. refused
B. neglect
B. approve
B. tumed
B. repeated
B. complaint | C. fixing
C. walkers
C. shaking
C. Likely
C. fell
C. got over
C. hopeless
C. moved
C. unnecessary
C. or
C. weaker
C. save
C. touched
C. tears
C. tried
C. respect
C. observe
C. raced
C. weeped
C. history | D. painting
D. passengers
D. looking
D. Suddenly
D. got
D. took over
D. fearless
D. checked
D. inconvenient
D. but
D. stronger
D. hurt
D. operated
D. scars
D. planned
D. help
D. applaud
D. went
D. shouted
D. look | | 阅读理解。 | I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that
something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-
month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating
and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body
against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing
water would sweep the calf a way.
There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother"s body and was
gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk (象鼻) against the
rocky bank. Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on
a narrow shelf of rock
Just at this moment she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I
knew as well as she did, that there was one spot (地点) where she could get up the bank, but it was on the
other side from where she had put her calf
While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother"s love. Ma Shwe had crossed
the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring (吼叫) all the time
but to her calf it was music. | | 1. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw ____. | A. the calf was about to fall into the river
B. Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock
C. the calf was washed away by the rising water
D. Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water | | 2. How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water? | A. By putting it on a safe spot
B. By pressing it against her body
C. By taking it away with her
D. By carrying it on her back | | 3. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant"s roaring? | A. It was a great comfort
B. It was a sign of danger
C. It was a call for help
D. It was a musical note | | 4. What can be the best title for the text? | A. A Mother"s Love
B. A Brave Act
C. A Deadly River
D. A Matter of Life and Death | | 阅读理解。 | Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot
find a bank ready to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead he has been told to wait another two years
until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people
of his age is finding a job. David"s firm releases (推出) two new games for the fast growing computer market
each month
But David"s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot he cannot drive a
car take out a mortgage (抵押贷款), or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company
four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop "I got
the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs" he said. David spends
some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time
is spent working
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school" he said "But I had been studying it in books
and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on
at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway" David added:"I would like to earn a million and
I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear." | | 1. In what way is David different from people of his age? | A. He often goes out with friends
B. He lives with his mother
C. He has a handsome income
D. He graduated with six O-levels | | 2. What is one of the problems that David is facing now? | A. He is too young to get a credit card
B. He has no time to learn driving
C. He has very little spare time
D. He will soon lose his job | | 3. Why was David able to get the job in the company? | A. He had done well in all his exams
B. He had written some computer programs
C. He was good at playing computer games
D. He had learnt to use computers at school | | 4. Why did David decide to leave school and start working? | A. He received lots of job offers
B. He was eager to help his mother
C. He lost interest in school studies
D. He wanted to earn his own living | | 完形填空。 | One of my father"s favorite sayings as I was growing up was "Try it!" I couldn"t say I didn"t like 1 ,
whatever it might be, 2 I tried it. Over the years I"ve come to 3 how much of my success I owe to
my 4 of those words as one of my values. My 5 job was just one I decided to try for a couple of
years until I 6 what I want to do as a career (职业). 7 I believed I would work for a few years, get
married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn"t think the job I took 8 that much. I couldn"t have been
more 9 . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity (机会) to
10 through the company into different 11 . I accepted each new opportunity with the 12 , "Well, I"ll try
it; if I don"t like it I can always go back to my 13 position." But I was with the same company for the past
28 years, and I"ve 14 every career change I"ve made. I"ve discovered I 15 a large number of different
talents (才能) and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being 16
trying new opportunities. I"ve also discovered that if I 17 what I"m doing and work hard at achieving my
18 . I will succeed. That"s why I"m so 19 to be a part of CareerFables.com. I think 20 has come and I
am determined to make it a success. | ( )1. A. everything
( )2. A. until after
( )3. A. consider
( )4. A. suggestion
( )5. A. hard
( )6. A. determined
( )7. A. Actually
( )8. A. helped
( )9. A. careful
( )10. A. look up
( )11. A. situations
( )12. A. thought
( )13. A. easier
( )14. A. permitted
( )15. A. show
( )16. A. lucky for
( )17. A. think of
( )18. A. business
( )19. A. excited
( )20. A. dream | B. something
B. ever since
B. argue
B. explanation
B. best
B. examined
B. Gradually
B. required
B. mistaken
B. take up
B. choices
B. reply
B. newer
B. counted
B. possess
B. slow at
B. give away
B. goal
B. curious
B. time | C. everybody
C. so that
C. include
C. acceptance
C. extra
C. experienced
C. Finally
C. expressed
C. interested
C. move up
C. directions
C. action
C. earlier
C. organized
C. need
C. open to
C. believe in
C. fortune
C. surprised
C. power | D. somebody
D. long before
D. realize
D. discussion
D. first
D. introduced
D. Usually
D. mattered
D. prepared
D. put up
D. positions
D. advice
D. higher
D. enjoyed
D. gather
D. afraid of
D. turn into
D. growth
D. helpful
D. honor |
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