The next week, the man called Jimmy Calkins next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story:
While making my list, I remembered an incident from high school. I 1 in a small town in Iowa. There
was a sheriff (警长) in town that 2 of us kids liked. One night, my two friends and I 3 to play a trick
on Sheriff Brown. After drinking a few beers, we found a can of red 4 , climbed the tall water tank in the
middle of town, and 5 on the tank in bright red letters: Sheriff Brown is an S.O.B. (脏话). The next day,
the town arose to 6 our glorious sign. 7 two hours, Sheriff Brown had my two friends and me in his
office. My friends 8 but I lied, refusing to tell the truth. I had thought no one ever found out.
Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown"s name 9 on my list. I didn"t even know if he was still alive. Last
weekend, I dialed the 10 in my hometown back in Iowa. Sure enough, there was a Roger Brown still 11 .
I dialed his number. After a few 12 , I heard:"Hello?" I said:"Sheriff Brown?" Pause. " 13 ." "Well, this is
Jimmy Calkins. And I want you to know that I did it." Pause. "I 14 it!" he cried. We had a good laugh and
a lively 15 . His closing words were:"Jimmy, I always felt 16 for you because your friends got 17 off their
chest, which I knew you were carrying around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your
sake (好处)."
Jimmy 18 me to clear up all 101 pieces on my list. It took me almost two years, but became a true 19
for my career as a conflict mediator (矛盾调解者). No matter how 20 the conflict, crisis (危机) or situation
is, I always remember that it"s never too late to clear up the past and begin a new life. |
( )1.A. grew up
( )2.A. all
( )3.A. decided
( )4.A. wine
( )5.A. printed
( )6.A. find
( )7.A. Within
( )8.A. apologized
( )9.A. disappeared
( )10.A. knowledge
( )11.A. listed
( )12.A. hours
( )13.A. Again
( )14.A. knew
( )15.A. interview
( )16.A. happily
( )17.A. it
( )18.A. caused
( )19.A. experience
( )20.A. special | B. brought up
B. none
B. hoped
B. ink
B. described
B. watch
B. Before
B. promised
B. appeared
B. messages
B. contained
B. rings
B. Yes
B. believed
B. communication
B. badly
B. you
B. advised
B. encouragement
B. stable | C. cleared up
C. most
C. expected
C. beer
C. wrote
C. see
C. Till
C. admitted
C. seemed
C. news
C. lived
C. calls
C. No
C. guessed
C. touch
C. lively
C. that
C. persuaded
C. lesson
C. difficult | D. made up
D. little
D. demanded
D. paint
D. drew
D. think
D. After
D. received
D. looked
D. information
D. filled
D. words
D. Ok
D. supposed
D. discussion
D. mean
D. this
D. inspired
D. story
D. smooth |
| 1-5: A B A D C 6-10: C A C A D 11-15: A B B A D 16-20: B A D B C |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 The next week, the man called Jimmy Calkins next to me raised his hand】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile-zone, when a police car came behind him with the light on.
1.____
As the policeman came to him, he said, "Hi, officer, I guess you caught me a little bit over the limit. I was
in a rush to get home, to be with my wife and kids, you know my younger son wasn"t feeling too well when
I left home this morning.
The policeman said, "Well, I guess so," and started writing something in his notebook. 2.____ Afew
moments later, the policeman came to his window and handed him a paper, and returned to his car without
saying a single word. The man started to wonder, how much this ticket was going to be as he began to look
at the paper. 3.____
"I had a daughter who was killed by a speeding car at the age of six, by a speeding driver like you. He got
a fine, a few months in prison, and was free, free to hug two other daughters. 4.____ I have tried to forgive
that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive him, but I have to do it again, even
right now. 5.____
The man was very surprised and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove
slowly, even a few miles under the speed limit, praying for forgiveness. | A. So pray for you, and be careful when you drive again, your daughter is all you have left.
B. I only had one, and now I have to wait I go to heaven before I can hug her again.
C. Right away the man started thinking of excuse to give.
D. He was surprised it was not a ticket as he began to look at.
E. So pray for me, and be careful when you drive again, my son is all I have left.
F. As minutes went by, he hadn"t asked for his driver"s license.
G. He was surprised it was not a ticket as he began to read. | | 完形填空。 | 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 | | 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 |
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