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I knew he was an only child, and I"d been told he was killed on April 12, 1945, somewhere in Germany.
I used to come to visit my Granny. "Daddy David and his two friends were out in the fields, making
sure the way was safe for the others to follow," she told me. "All of a sudden there was an explosion. All
three of them were killed." Granny was looking down, stroking one thin hand with the other. Then there
were no words but silence.
I began my search and collection for information about my father as my 50th birthday and the 50th
anniversary of his death drew near. I was told that the explosion had blown him to bits and I had great
difficulty collecting anything I could find about him bit by bit. Bits of information about him began falling
into my hands, my mind and my heart. Longing to know my father kept me connected to him. It was time
to transform my longing into knowledge.
Once upon a time, he was alive, and my mother and father were in love. They were married, and they
had a child, my brother, David. Then my father left for the war.
I was born in January 1945. On February 15 my father wrote me a letter of welcome. The letter is kept
in my baby book, "Dear Susan, you have a very good family. Your dad is sort of a less able person. Your
mother is the most wonderful person I"ve ever known. I"ve always amazed at my great good fortune to
have loved her and been loved by her. If you follow her words and examples, you may expect to meet life
in the best possible way, and your path will always be the right one. Your father, Dave."
Black on white paper, the words are from my father. From them I grow into a person of loyalty and love.
How I long for stories that will bring him to life!
B. someone in Germany
C. her grandmother
D. a little child
B. the explosion left little about her father
C. she only found pieces of hands and legs
D. she didn"t have enough knowledge to do it
B. Her father died before her birth
C. Her father was a disabled man
D. The writer never saw her father
B. is curious about her father"s death
C. shows much respect for her father
D. is sure that her father may survive
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试题【阅读理解。 Until quite rccently, I knew only three things about my father: I knew】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Care Executive (客服主管). The following complaint was received by General Motors "...It may sound crazy,
but it"s a fact that every time I buy a 1 ice cream, and come back from the store, my car won"t start. If I get
any other kind of ice cream, the car starts 2 fine. Why?" The executive was 3 about the letter, but sent an
engineer to check it out anyway.
The 4 made three visits to the store with the customer. The first time, he got chocolate ice cream. The car
started. The second time, he ordered strawberry. The car started. The third time he got vanilla. The car failed to
start. The engineer 5 to believe that the man"s car was allergic (过敏的) to vanilla ice cream. He 6 his visits,
and noted all sorts of data: the types of gas used and the time it took to drive back and forth.
Soon he came a clue: it took the man less 7 to buy vanilla than any other flavor (味道). Why? The answer
was in the layout (布局) of the store. Vanilla, as the most 8 flavor, was in the front of the store for quick
pickup. All the other flavors were kept further back, where it took longer to buy them.
Time was now the 9 not the vanilla ice cream! The engineer quickly put forward an answer:"engine
trouble." The extra time taken to get any other flavor 10 the engine to cool down longer. When the man got
vanilla, the engine was still too hot to start.
Even crazy-looking problems can be real. What really 11 is your attitude to the problem.
Don"t just say something is "IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort into 12 it out. If you look closer,
you may discover that it"s possible after all.
( )1. A. chocolate ( )2. A. just ( )3. A. worried ( )4. A. customer ( )5. A. pretended ( )6. A. stopped ( )7. A. time ( )8. A. strange ( )9. A. effect ( )10. A. prevented ( )11. A. matters ( )12. A. looking | B. strawberry B. only B. crazy B. engineer B. decided B. continued B. effort B. familiar B. reason B. encouraged B. impresses B. figuring | C. vanilla C. still C. doubtful C. executive C. struggled C. valued C. cost C. terrible C. problem C. let C. bothers C. trying | D. banana D. ever D. cheerful D. shopkeeper D. refused D. repeated D. speed D. popular D. solution D. allowed D. concerns D. testing | |||||||||||
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Imagine eating the dishes of 102 different countries in as many consecutive (连续的) days. That"s what Noah Galuten has done. He raced around the Southland (the name given to the towns and cities that surround Los Angeles county in California) for almost four months, indulging in (沉迷于) lunches, dinners and a few breakfast without a break. Although he"s not chef (厨师), Galuten grew up around good food. His mother mainly cooked Italian food, and he recalled standing on a stool (板凳) making sauce when he was six years old. He also cooked dinners for friends during his college years. And he had experimented and adapted food from many cultures. Galuten"s food journey began after he graduated from college. Unemployed and back in Los Angeles, he decided to try something that he had a passion for. And he hoped it would help him "keep his mind off his unemployment depression. Then he set up a blog and began his food journey. The requirement was to eat one dish at each place. After each meal, he would write a biog about the food, the cost, the environment and the company. It was indeed an incredible challenge. Sometimes Galuten searched online and contacted a friend of a friend for a restaurant tip or seeking out local food companies, he mostly dined at inexpensive restaurants. His journey also used up his savings. Galuten figured that he spent about $11,000 during the 102-day experiment, including groceries, meals, gasoline, rent and other living cost. Now that he has used up all his money and is $4,000 in debt, he is seriously joy-hunting. But he pointed out, "I feel very happy now, although I am in debt. It"s not to say that a lack of money has caused my happiness, because the feeling is not related to money at all. It"s more about doing that is important to you and sticking to what makes you happy, then making it the focus of your life." | ||||||||||||||
1. What led Galuten to start his daily food journey? (no more than 10 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did Galuten collect information for his food journey? (no more than 8 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What canwe leam from Galuten"s words in the last paragraph? (no more than12 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the passage mainly about? (no more than words) _____________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||
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John had been on the road visiting clients (客户) for more than three weeks. He 1 wait to get back to Ohio to see his wife and children. It was coming up on 2 , and he usually tried to 3 it "back home", but this year he was just too tired. He was just 4 the small town where his Mum lived when he drove by a flower shop. He went into the small shop and saw a young boy talking to the clerk. "How many 5 can I get for six dollars, madam?" the boy asked. The clerk was trying to explain these flowers were 6 . Maybe the boy would be happy with carnations (康乃馨). "No. I have to have roses", he said, "My mom was sick so much last year and I didn"t get to spend much time with her. I want to get 7 special. It has to be red roses, because that"s her favorite." He was 8 . The clerk looked up at John and was just 9 her head. Something inside of John was 10 by the boy"s voice. He wanted to get those roses so badly. John had been blessed in his business and he looked at the clerk and 11 mouthed he would 12 for the boy"s roses. The clerk looked at the boy and said, "OK, I will give you a dozen red roses for 13 dollars." The young boy almost jumped into the air. He took the flowers and ran from the store. It was worth the extra thirty-five dollars just to see that kind of 14 . John ordered his own flowers and had the clerk be 15 that delivery to the town would include a note 16 his mother how much he loved her. Then he drove away from the shop, feeling good. He caught a light about two blocks from the shop. Waiting at the light, he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk. He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates. 17 , he realized it wasn"t a park. It was a cemetery. The light changed and John slowly crossed the crossing. He 18 and got out and began to follow the boy down the fence line. The young boy stopped by a monument and went on his 19 . He carefully laid the roses on the grave and began to sob. When John saw this scene, he drove quickly to the florist and told the clerk he would take the flowers 20 . | ||||||||||||||
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