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I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a
small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked
slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It"s nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the
way I would want my mother treated."
"Oh, you"re such a good man." She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then
asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"
"It"s not the shortest way," I answered quickly.
"Oh, I"m in no hurry," she said. "I"m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don"t have any family left.
The doctor says I don"t have very long."
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once
worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where
she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she"d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the
darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, "I"m tired. Let"s go now."
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
"How much do I owe you?" she asked.
"Nothing." I said.
"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto tightly. Our hug ended with her remark,
"You gave an old woman a little moment of joy."
B. see some places for the last time
C. let the driver earn more money
D. reach the destination on time
B. shut off the meter by mistake
C. had received her payment in advance
D. was in a hurry to take other passengers
B. People should respect each other.
C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.
D. People should learn to appreciate others" concern.
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试题【阅读理解。 Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pic】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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audience has switched off, another group of athletes and fans will arrive at the host city, and another
competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability.But in Beijing in 2008,
for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics will not be taking part.
She is a British by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompson. Born with spinal bifida (脊椎裂) which left her
paralyzed from the waist down, Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7. At first, she was not keen on sport,
apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more
seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.
Indeed, Tanni"s athletic career took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the
100 metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.
In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympics Games in Soul. She bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater
success followed at the 1992 Barcelona. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres
relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved the first of her six London
Wheelchair Marathon victories.
Tanni"s enduring success has been part motivation (动机), part preparation. "The training I do that enable
me to be a good sprinter (短跑运动员) enable me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year
and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I went to race …I am still competing at a very high level,
but as I get order things get harder and I went to retire before I fall apart."
Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympics World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young
athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In spite of ups and downs, she never takes her fate lying down. In her splendid life,she has won an amazing
eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in a series of Paralympics-a top lever athletic career covering
two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and
she has set over thirty world records.
What advice does she have for young athletes? "Work hard at your studies, and then train, train again."
B. Swimming.
C. Tennis.
D. Horse-riding
B. In 1988.
C. In 1992.
D. In 2007.
B. being a good sprinter
C. training almost every day
D. part motivation and part preparation
a. She works as a coach.
b. She took up athletics.
c. She won four gold medals in Barcelona.
d. She competed in her first Paralympics Games.
e. She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.
B. a, d, b, c, e
C. a, d, c, e, b
D. b, d, a, e, c
B. Never too late to learn
C. Well begun is half done
D. No pains, no gains
for a few days, I was 2 to wait tables on my own. All went 3 the first week. When Saturday night
came, I was luckily 4 the tables not for from the kitchen. 5 , I still felt it a little hard to carry the
heavy trays (托盘).
Before I knew it, the 6 was full of people. I moved slowly, 7 every step. I remember how 8 I
was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was 9 on. It had nice
handles, which made it 10 to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to 11 I was a natural
at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, "Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved 12 you work. It seems
your tray stand has been very 13 to you, but we are getting ready to 14 now, and my wife needs her 15
back."
At first his 16 did not get across. "What was he talking about!" Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his
wife"s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was 17 . I wanted to get into a hole
and 18 .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just 19 I have learned to be more 20
and not to be too sure of myself.
| ( )1. A. manager ( )2. A. promised ( )3. A. well ( )4. A. left ( )5. A. Therefore ( )6. A. kitchen ( )7. A. minding ( )8. A. angry ( )9. A. fixed ( )10. A. slower ( )11. A. believe ( )12. A. letting ( )13. A. useful ( )14. A. rest ( )15. A. bag ( )16. A. idea ( )17. A. cold ( )18. A. lie ( )19. A. repeated ( )20. A. careful | B. assistant B. invited B. quickly B. given B. However B. street B. changing B. calm B. trained B. lighter B. making B. making B. familiar B. order B. walker B. praise B. full of joy B. hide B. discovered B. patient | C. cook | D. waitress D. advised D. wrong D. shown D. Finally D. table D. saving D. happy D. waited D. pretend D. having D. interesting D. interesting D. leave D. coat D. need D. on fire D. stay D. described D. practical | |||||||||||||
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| Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends. My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A"s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as "successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard. On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father"s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son"s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father"s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting be around? What had held him back before? The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I"m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing. I"m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. He was silent most of the time. B. He was too proud of himself. C. He did not love his children. D. He expected too much of her. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel _____. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. nervous B. sorry C. tired D. Strict and hard-working | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. More critical. B. More talkative. C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hard-working. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. The underlined words "my new friend" in the last paragraph refer to _____. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. the author"s son B. the author"s father C. the friend of the author"s father D. the café owner | ||||||||||||||||
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On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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