Mrs. Pillar was one of my second grade teachers. She was a great teacher. However, I will always remain
grateful to her for what she did for me more than a decade later.
As a freshman in college, I was involved in a near fatal " 1 " when I walked into a robbery at a convenience
store. One of the thieves 2 me in the head, pumping a bullet into my brain.
The thieves, as well as most people, thought that I was dead. 3 , they were wrong. However, it was a
severe and difficult battle getting back into the mainstream of life. I had to 4 of college to be hospitalized.
Even after I was discharged from the hospital, I 5 many hours of intensive therapy (治疗). I had to relearn
practically everything, including walking, talking, 6 yes, math.
To help with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week,
to work with me. At first, the material that she presented appeared, to most people, to be very 7 math skills.
Then, as time progressed, and I made 8 , my "homework" became progressively more difficult.
I remember very 9 how she would come to my home on Sundays, sit with me at kitchen table, and throw
various coins on the table. She would ask me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was 10 for me, but
she also made it fun.
After a year and a half, I had progressed sufficiently, both 11 and mentally, to learn to college. Once
there, I 12 therapy regularly, and four years later I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my
class. Following that, I went to graduate school. |
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B. Generally
B. die out
B. took
B. and
B. advanced
B. choice
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B. interesting
B. physically
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C. shot
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D. hit
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D. enjoyed
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D. valuably
D. challenging
D. attitudinally
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核心考点
试题【Cloze test. Mrs. Pillar was one of my second grade teachers. She was a great】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空。 | One summer in college, I was invited to be an instructor at a high school leadership camp.
I first 1 a boy under the tree on the first day of camp. His obvious 2 and shyness made him appear
weak and lonely. Nearby, 200 13 campers were playing and joking, but the boy seemed to want to be
anywhere 4 where he was.
I was instructed to care more about campers who might feel 5 . So I 6 him and said, "Hi, I"m Kevin.
It"s nice to meet you. How are you?"
7 a shaky voice he 8 answered, "Okay, I guess."
I calmly asked him to join in the activities and 9 some new people. He quietly replied, "No, this is not
really my thing."
I could 10 that this whole experience was 11 to him. But I somehow knew it wouldn"t be right to 12
him, either. It was going to take more time and 13 .
The next day, I was leading camp songs for the campers. They eagerly participated. But the boy was just
sitting alone, 14 out the window.
That evening at our nightly staff meeting, I made my 15 about him known. I asked them to pay special
attention and spend time with him 16 they could.
The days flew by fast. When the "last dance" came, surprisingly, the boy from under the tree was now a
shirtless dancing 17 . He owned the dance floor 18 meaningful time with others. I couldn"t believe it was him.
In that instant, I realized how easy it is to give a bit of 19 every day. You may never know how much
each gesture may mean to someone else. I tell this story as 20 as I can, and I advise others to look out for
their own "boy under the tree." | ( )1.A. learned
( )2.A. anger
( )3.A. ambitious
( )4.A. other than
( )5.A. left out
( )6.A. passed
( )7.A. At
( )8.A. unfortunately
( )9.A. help
( )10.A. sense
( )11.A. familiar
( )12.A. push
( )13.A. effects
( )14.A. observing
( )15.A. trouble
( )16.A. unless
( )17.A. wonder
( )18.A. sparing
( )19.A. himself
( )20.A. soon | B. recognized
B. discomfort
B. curious
B. just as
B. put out
B. left
B. In
B. tmwillingly
B. interview
B. suggest
B. similar
B. pull
B. exercises
B. examining
B. concern
B. before
B. danger
B. saving
B. yourself
B. far | C. noticed
C. excitement
C. anxious
C. or rather
C. made out
C. visited
C. On
C. unconsciously
C. find
C. consider
C. strange
C. pardon
C. efforts
C. admiring
C. devotion
C. when
C. scene
C. spreading
C. themselves
C. often | D. heard
D. satisfaction
D. eager
D. as well as
D. let out
D. approached
D. By
D. uninterestingly
D. meet
D. prove
D. typical
D. punish
D. expenses
D. staring
D. understanding
D. since
D. instructor
D. sharing
D. itself
D. long | | 阅读理解。 | Chen Yurong, 55, an average woman in Wuhan, Hubei province, who was diagnosed with a fatty liver (肝),
walked 10 kilometers a day for seven months, despite wind and rain, so she could donate part of a healthy liver
to her son. After wearing out four pairs of shoes and losing eight kilograms, her fatty liver condition disappeared.
One doctor called it a "miracle" (奇迹).
Her 31-year-old son, Ye Haibin, suffered from severe Wilson"s disease, a rare disorder that causes body to
keep copper. Doctors said only a liver transplant could lengthen his life. Despite her age and the knowledge that
about one in 1 000 liver donators die after the transplant, Chen said she did not hesitate to donate part of her liver.
"In order to give my young granddaughter a complete family, I"d like to do everything to save my son,
including doing exercise and eating less", Chen said.
The transplant was performed on November 3, 2009. The surgery lasted more than 14 hours and saved her
son from life threatening liver disease. State-owned CCTV broadcast the transplant live and she has been widely
praised in China.
 | However, the 55-year-old mother said she never expected such attention, which
did bring her hope and help from many others-even strangers. Despite giving up part
of her liver, Chen, like before, gets up at 6 am to help her son wash and take his
medicine. Moved by Chen Yurong"s love for her son and her determination and effort,
the hospital paid the entire medical bill, which would have added up to 600 000 yuan
(US $85 715).
The great mother, Chen Yurong was honored as the most touching figure in China
for 2009. | | 完形填空。 | Tina and Thomas Sjogren were the fourth and fifth people to reach the earth"s three poles. Years ago, the
couple were 1 across the North Atlantic on their way to Europe. Tina looked out of her window and was
2 by the vast amount of space in Greenland. "The sky outside the window burst into different 3 , and
auroras (极光) flew all around us. I 4 what it would be like to step down there and start walking 5 , all
alone in such a place." She thought, "If this is what Iceland and Greenland are like, how 6 then must the
Arctic be?" She turned to her husband, 7 him awake and said, "Honey, let"s go to the Poles!"
Tina"s 8 would not be their first adventure. They had already climbed Mount Qomolangma. The pair
soon made a 9 to visit both the North and South Poles on skis, travelling 10 .
On February 2, 2002, they reached the South Pole. Their journey 11 2 000 kilometres. After just 35 days
of recovery and preparation, they 12 again. "You are so 13 after the long expedition to the South Pole, so
you don"t know if you could do 14 right away."
On May 29, after travelling for the whole morning, as the couple watched with weak 15 , the numbers on
their GPS showed that their goal had 16 been achieved. They had made it.
Without the 17 of dogs or supplies dropped from planes, it was only their strength and willpower that 18
them to ski and swim their way. They got valuable experience but that did not come without a 19 . If you go
on an adventure, there"s always the risk of something going wrong. 20 , you will learn from it. | ( )1.A. flying
( )2.A. frightened
( )3.A. shapes
( )4.A. remembered
( )5.A. carefully
( )6.A. cold
( )7.A. shook
( )8.A. idea
( )9.A. suggestion
( )10.A. non-stop
( )11.A. covered
( )12.A. broke down
( )13.A. excited
( )14.A. more
( )15.A. torchlight
( )16.A. surprisingly
( )17.A. reward
( )18.A. attracted
( )19.A. price
( )20.A. Therefore | B. exploring
B. bored
B. colors
B. wondered
B. quickly
B. bright
B. knocked
B. advice
B. plan
B. unsupported
B. included
B. settled down
B. disappointed
B. another
B. sunlight
B. luckily
B. burden
B. allowed
B. success
B. Instead | C. swimming
C. amazed
C. sounds
C. enjoyed
C. aimlessly
C. wonderful
C kept
C. order
C. proposal
C. unreturned
C. lasted
C. set out
C. confused
C. one
C. breath
C. accidentally
C help
C. taught
C. mistake
C. Otherwise | D. sailing
D. amused
D. waves
D. doubted
D. freely
D. terrible
D. beat
D. offer
D. change
D. unprepared
D. crossed
D. came back
D. tired
D. others
D. eyesight
D. eventually
D. company
D. forced
D. change
D. However | | Cloze test. | Lulu is a brave pet in our shelter. As you know, there are a lot of forest fires during the summer season.
Many forests are badly damaged by fire each year. Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this
hot summer. We were in a heat wave which had been 1 for three days.
Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out a terrible 2 . I no longer had any hope that Lulu
would come back to the shelter. In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce his 3 in the forest,
when suddenly, a fireman burst into my shelter and 4 me that my dog Lulu had 5 to save four kittens
who were trapped by the flames. According to the fireman, Lulu seized the kittens, one by one moving them
to a safe place. I immediately accompanied the fireman to the forest to 6 the rescued kittens. When we
arrived at the 7 of the incident, we found Lulu was not there. Then we heard the 8 of a dog from the
forest barking furiously. I recognized it was my dog Lulu. The fireman followed the tracks of the dog until
we found him barking 9 by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately
waiting for rescue. Thanks to Lulu, four kittens and a fireman were saved.
That day, I was very proud of Lulu for his two heroic 10 towards the kittens and the fireman Lulu showed
much compassion (同情) for both animals like him and for a human being who was trying to 11 the fire with
his colleagues.
This true story of genuine love and compassion shows us that pets are loving, 12 and considerate. We
should love and protect them. One day they could do us a good turn. | ( )1. A. taking on
( )2. A. heat
( )3. A. return
( )4. A. warned
( )5. A. tried
( )6. A. pick out
( )7. A. scene
( )8. A. voice
( )9. A. heavily
( )10. A. things
( )11. A. put off
( )12. A. caring | B. coming on
B. energy
B. honor
B. informed
B. wanted
B. pick up
B. position
B. noise
B. strongly
B. actions
B. put away
B. careless | C. going on
C. fever
C. action
C. communicated
C. managed
C. bring on
C. situation
C. accent
C. loudly
C. barks
C. put up
C. careful | D. keeping on
D. burn
D. death
D. gave
D. failed
D. bring up
D. view
D. sound
D. softly
D. reactions
D. put out
D. carefree | | Cloze test. | When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student. I believed
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, for English was my best
subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 4 .
I decided to try harder, although I didn"t know what that means 5 school had always been easy for
me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 6 with Professor Jayne. Again, he
listened 7 but wouldn"t change his mind.
One more test before the final exam. One more 8 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts
and, for the first time, learned the meaning of the word " 9 ". But my 10 did no good and everything
went as before.
The last hurdle was the final. No matter what grade I got, it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I might as
well kiss the 11 goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the
final, I even 12 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have fun with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A I hurried into Professor Jayne"s office. He 13 to be
expecting me. "If I gave you the grade as you expected, you wouldn"t continue to work as hard."
I stared at him, 14 that his analysis and strategy were correct. I had worked my head off, as I had
never done before.
I was 15 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. unchanged
( )5. A. when
( )6. A. quarreled
( )7. A. angrily
( )8. A. choice
( )9. A. tough
( )10. A. ambition
( )11. A. scholarship
( )12. A. helped
( )13. A. happened
( )14. A. remembering
( )15. A. anxious | B. discuss
B. presented
B. worried
B. unpleasant
B. because
B. reasoned
B. patiently
B. step
B. difficult
B. confidence
B. course
B. favored
B. proved
B. guessing
B. touched | C. cover
C. exchanged
C. scared
C. unfriendly
C. if
C. bargained
C. surprisedly
C. chance
C. final
C. effort
C. degree
C. treated
C. pretended
C. supposing
C. speechless | D. get
D. obtained
D. anxious
D. unmoved
D. though
D. chatted
D. naturally
D. measure
D. thorough
D. method
D. subject
D. relaxed
D. seemed
D. realizing
D. correct |
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