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I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job
without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went
by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. "Wait a minute" someone
might say, "are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?"
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent
searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, "Hello,
class. I"m Mr. Davis." Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound
experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there.
I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them
myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards,
and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
"All right then," I said. "Okey, here we go." Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never
thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their
thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk,
overlooking a forests of hands. Every student would yell. "Calm down, you"ll all get your turn. One at a
time, one at a time!"
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions. I inspected the students to pull out their
notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
B. he had written some storied
C. he wanted to please his father
D. he had dreamed of being a teacher
B. He was well-prepared for his first class.
C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.
D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.
B. cut maple leaves out of the construction paper
C. cut some cards out of the construction paper
D. write down their names on the paper cards
B. They stayed silent.
C. They raised their hands.
D. They shouted to be heard.
B. he had prepared the topic before class
C. he wanted to calm down the students
D. he thought it was an easy topic
答案
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试题【阅读理解。 A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing c】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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I could 1 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by
Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, 4 English was my
best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 5 .
I decided to try harder, although I didn"t know what that 6 because school had always been easy
for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 7 with Professor Jayne. Again,
he listened patiently but wouldn"t change his 8 . One more test before the final exam.
One more 9 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time. 10 The meaning
of the word "thorough". But my 11 did no good and everything 12 as before.
The last hurdle (障碍) was the final. No matter what 13 I got, it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I
might as well kiss the 14 goodbye.
I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the
final, I even 15 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have 16 with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne"s office. He 17 to be
expecting me. "If I gave you the As you 18 , you wouldn"t continue to work as hard."
I stared at him. 19 that his analysis and strategy (策略) were correct. I had worked my head 20 , as
I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year
I received my scholarship. I"ve always remembered Professor Jayne"s lesson: you alone must set your own
standard of excellence.
| ( )1. A. take ( )2. A. sought ( )3. A. shocked ( )4. A. but ( )5. A. unchanged ( )6. A. reflected ( )7. A. quarreled ( )8. A. attitude ( )9. A. choice ( )10. A. memorized ( )11. A. ambition ( )12. A. stayed ( )13. A. grade ( )14. A. scholarship ( )15. A. helped ( )16. A. fun ( )17. A. happened ( )18. A. valued ( )19. A. remembering ( )20. A. out | B. discuss B. presented B. worried B. so B. unpleasant B. meant B. reasoned B. mind B. step B. considered B. confidence B. went B. answer B. course B. favored B. luck B. proved B. imagined B. guessing B. over | C. cover | D. get D. obtained D. anxious D. or D. unmoved D. affected D. chatted D. view D. measure D. learned D. method D. changed D. comment D. subject D. relaxed D. tricks. D. seemed D. welcomed D. realizing D. off | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||
| Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When 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." | ||||||||||||||
| 1. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. show she was familiar with the city B. see some places for the last time C. let the driver earn more money D. reach the destination on time | ||||||||||||||
| 2. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. wanted to do her a favor B. shut off the meter by mistake C. had received her payment in advance D. was in a hurry to take other passengers | ||||||||||||||
| 3. What can we learn from the story? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Giving is always a pleasure. B. People should respect each other. C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D. People should learn to appreciate others" concern. | ||||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||
| After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletes and viewers have gone home and the television 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." | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Basketball. B. Swimming. C. Tennis. D. Horse-riding | ||||||||||||||
| 2. When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal? | ||||||||||||||
| A. In 1984. B. In 1988. C. In 1992. D. In 2007. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. The underlined word"that"" in the 5th paragraph refers to _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. fifty weeks" training B. being a good sprinter C. training almost every day D. part motivation and part preparation | ||||||||||||||
| 4. What"s the right order of the events related to Tanni? 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. | ||||||||||||||
| A. b, d, c, e, a B. a, d, b, c, e C. a, d, c, e, b D. b, d, a, e, c | ||||||||||||||
| 5. What can we learn from Tanni"s success? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Union is strength B. Never too late to learn C. Well begun is half done D. No pains, no gains | ||||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||||||||||
| After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced 1 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. | ||||||||||||||
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