Years ago，there was a very wealthy man who，with his devoted young son，shared a passion for art collecting ．Together，they traveled around the world，adding only art treasures to their collection．
One year，as winter approached， engulfed（吞没） the nation，and the young man left to in the army．After only a few short weeks，his father received a telegram．His beloved son was in action．The art collector awaited more news， he would never see his son again．Within days，his fears were ．The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor．
Upset and ，the old man faced the coming Christmas holidays with sadness．On Christmas morning，a knock on the door awakened the old man．As he opened the door，he was greeted by a with a large package in his hands．
He introduced himself to the old man by saying，“I was a of your son .I was the one he was when he died．May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you．”
As the two began to ，the soldier told of how the man’s son had told everyone of his，not to mention his father’s， of fine art．“I am no ，”said the soldier，“but I want to give you this．”
As the old man unwrapped the package ，he saw a portrait （画像）of his son．Though the world would consider it the work of a genius，the painting featured the young man’s face detail．
Overcome with emotion，the man the soldier．After the soldier had left，the old man put the painting above the fireplace，pushing thousands of dollars worth of art．His task completed，the old man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the he had been given．
| 小题1: | | A．poorest | B．richest | C．finest | D．cheapest |
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| 小题2: | | A．flood | B．fire | C．storm | D．war |
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| 小题3: | | A．save | B．protect | C．serve | D．build |
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| 小题4: | | A．missing | B．acting | C．fighting | D．dying |
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| 小题5: | | A．calmly | B．anxiously | C．quietly | D．secretly |
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| 小题6: | | A．fearing | B．doubting | C．wondering | D．expecting |
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| 小题7: | | A．completed | B．doubled | C．removed | D．confirmed |
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| 小题8: | | A．nervous | B．tired | C．lonely | D．frightened |
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| 小题9: | | A．sad | B．puzzled | C．angry | D．worried |
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| 小题10: | | A．farmer | B．soldier | C．painter | D．seller |
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| 小题11: | | A．guard | B．photographer | C．partner | D．friend |
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| 小题12: | | A．rescuing | B．commanding | C．guarding | D．hiding |
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| 小题14: | | A．description | B．love | C．sense | D．understanding |
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| 小题15: | | A．artist | B．businessman | C．hero | D．reporter |
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| 小题16: | | A．sometimes | B．never | C．often | D．still |
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| 小题18: | | A．thanked | B．questioned | C．welcomed | D．treated |
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| 小题20: | | A．treasure | B．gift | C．souvenir | D．package |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:C
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试题分析：一位酷爱艺术品收藏的老人，一生搜集艺术珍品无数，却没有一件能比自己为国捐躯的儿子的画像珍贵。
小题1:考查形容词。由上下文的描述“a passion for art collecting”，“they traveled around the world”可以推测出，他们周游世界是在搜集世界上“最好的”艺术珍品。根据句意故选C。
小题2:考查名词。由该段最后一句话“The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.”可以看出，这里表达的意思是：有一年，随着冬天的来临，战争吞没了整个国家，小伙子离开家乡到前线报效国家。所以选war，意思是：战争。根据句意故选D。
小题3:考查动词。save 挽救；help帮助；build建设。这里指的是年轻人参军保卫国家，所以选serve。serve the country意为：报效祖国。根据句意故选C.
小题4:考查形容词。下一句告诉我们，这位父亲在等待更多的关于儿子的消息，担心再也见不到自己的儿子，由此可以看出，电报上只是说儿子失踪了，所以选missing，意为：失踪的。根据句意故选A。
小题5:考查形容词。calmly 冷静地；quietly 安静地； secretly秘密地。收到了儿子在战场上失踪的电报，害怕再也见不到儿子，在等待更多消息的心情应该是“不安的”。根据句意故选B.
小题6:考查动词。A．fearing害怕；B．doubting怀疑；C．wondering想知道；D．expecting期盼。这里指老人害怕再也见不到儿子。故选A。
小题7:考查动词。complete 完成； double 加倍； remove移开。由下一句可以看出，他所担心的事情真的发生了，也就是说他的儿子真的牺牲了。故选D。
小题8:考查形容词。儿子去世了，父亲感到很孤独，所以选lonely，意为：孤独的。A项的干扰性很大，但是该词意为：不安的，和and前的upset意思上重复。。根据句意故选C。
小题9:考查名词。上一句中有选项的名词形式sadness复现。句意：圣诞节的上午，敲门声唤醒了这位(因失去儿子)伤心的老人。故选A。
小题10:考查名词。由他自我介绍中的“I was the one he was ____ when he died. ”可以看出，这位来客就是老人的儿子牺牲时救的那个人，再结合第二段的“The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.”可以看出，他也是一位士兵。故选soldier。下文中“the soldier told of how…”也提示了答案。故选B。
小题11:考查名词。A．guard守卫；B．photographer照相的人；C．partner伙伴；D．friend朋友。这里指我是你儿子的朋友。故选D。
小题12:考查动词。A．rescuing拯救；B．commanding命令；C．guarding守卫；D．hiding隐藏。我是他拯救我的那个人。根据句意故选A
小题13:考查动词。由语境以及下文的told可以看出，这两个人进行了一些谈话，所以选talk。根据句意故选C
小题14:考查动词。对应第一段的“a passion for art collecting”，所以选love。句意：战士告诉老人，他儿子生前告诉大家他非常热爱艺术品，更不用说他的父亲了。可知应选B。
小题15:考查名词。好的艺术作品都是艺术家创作的，而战士带来的礼物是战士自己画的，所以他要表达的意思是：我知道你很喜欢艺术珍品，我虽然不是艺术家，但是我画了一幅您儿子的肖像，送给您。所以选artist。故选A。
小题16:考查副词。尽管这幅画画得不是多么好(也就是文章所表达的：世界上绝对不会有人认为这是一位天才画家的作品)，但是却细致地勾画出了小伙子的面部特征。所以选never。根据句意故选B.
小题17:考查短语搭配。in detail为固定搭配，意为：详细地。这里指绘画详尽地特写了年轻男人的脸。故选C。
小题18:考查动词。A．thanked感激；B．questioned询问；C．welcomed欢迎；D．treated对待。收到了别人精心准备的礼物，自然应该感谢。根据句意故选A.
小题19:考查短语辨析。push aside 把……向旁边推。句意：老人把以前收藏的价值连城的艺术品放到了一边，而把儿子的画像挂到了最显眼的位置。其他各词都能和push搭配，但不符合语境。根据句意故选C.
小题20:考查名词。A．treasure财富；B．gift 礼物；C．souvenir纪念品；D．package包裹。这里指的就是老人收到的礼物，也就是战士送的画像，所以选gift。根据句意故选B。 |
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Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip．White had two reasons for making this epic journey．First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did．He raised ￡70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam．White"s second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world．He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.
White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later．He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座） and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains．He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas．Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team．No jeep carrying food, water and medicine．No doctor．Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.
The journey was lonely and desperate at times．He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains．He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need．There were other dangers along the road．In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had．The worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia．For l,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him．This part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end．Now Mr．White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.
小题1:When Phil White returned from his trip, he __________.| A．broke the world record | B．collected money for Oxfam | | C．destroyed several bikes | D．travelled about l,300 hours |
小题2:What does the underlined word "epic" in Paragraph l most probably mean?| A．Very slow but exciting． | B．Very long and difficult. | | C．Very smooth but tiring． | D．Very lonely and depressing. |
小题3:During his journey around the world, Phil White __________.| A．fought heroically against robbers in Iran | | B．experienced the extremes of heat and cold | | C．managed to ride against the wind in Australia | | D．had a team of people who travelled with him |
小题4:Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?| A．Imaginative． | B．Patriotic． | | C．Modest． | D．Determined. |
小题5:What actually inspired Phil White to overcome all the difficulties?| A．To help people in need. | B．To test his new bicycle. | | C．To prove his potential. | D．To show off his ability. |
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The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry"s highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars．Can anyone tell me your ideas about this movie? —— GreatMartin
“12 Years a Slave is a surprisingly underwhelming movie．It is more of a string of picture about several heartless and evil white men(and women)who are just mean without the motivation of running a plantation on their minds．There is very little character development and most of the film relies on what the audience already knows and feels about slavery．” 一一GeminiJef
‘‘Never have I been stunned into an emotional silence after watching a film in the theater．I"ve come out of films before thinking” My god，that was unbelievable”，like when I saw The Lord of the Rings for the first time，but this film just hits you on another level entirely．You sit there after it’s over，wondering if what you’d just experienced was real．The day after．you feel the same．”一一Pauljohnson
“This movie is just an average movie about slavery．Are you kidding me，segregation movies are a dime a dozen and this movie beat out Gravity for Golden Globes? Gravity has never been done before．12 Years a Slave I watched once and will never watch again．I watched Gravity 5 times and still love it．’’一一Dominionator
“This movie was realistic and engaging at every second．Even the dramatic pauses were worthwhile and definitely not a waste of time．The script inferred and hinted at events rather than just plain saying them，and that was genius．Outstanding photography，amazing special effects and the acting is top notch．There were a few people that walked out during some scenes．What a shame!” 一一Apols
小题1:The main purpose of GreatMartin’s writing is __________ .| A．to give a brief introduction of the movie | | B．to share his own opinions with others | | C．to invite answers to his question | | D．to explain why he asks the question |
小题2:The underlined word “stunned’’ in the third paragraph probably means __________ .| A．puzzled | B．shocked | C．disappointed | D．concerned |
小题3:Among the four speakers，who made positive comments on the movie?| A．GeminiJef and Pauljohnson | B．Pauljohnson and Dominionator | | C．GeminiJef and Dominionator | D．Pauljohnson and Apols |
小题4:Which of the following best states Pauljotmson’s ideas about l2 Years a Slave?| A．It leaves little room for character development． | | B．It reaches the height of The Lord of the Rings． | | C．It doesn’t deserve such high praise． | | D．It amazes the audience with its special effects． |
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Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things，from puns (双关语) to pratfalls? Why are some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure，a sick one can cause serious harm?
Over the centuries，various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor．Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority(优越感) theory，the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others．Their theory seems to explain teasing，but it doesn’t work well for knock-knock jokes．Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory，the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires．His theory works well for dirty jokes，less well for most puns．
The majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory，the idea that humor arises when there’s a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens．Incongruity has a lot going for it — jokes with unexpected funny lines，for example，fit well．But scientists have found that in comedy，unexpectedness is overvalued．
With the goal of developing a new，more satisfactory explanation，I produced “the gentle violation(违背)theory”，the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening，but is actually OK or safe．A dirty joke，for example，trades on moral or social violations，but it’s only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about．Similarly，puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense．
And while most humor theories have struggled to account for tickling (挠痒痒)，or just avoided the phenomenon altogether，my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter．Tickling involves violating someone’s physical space in a gentle way．People can’t tickle themselves — because it isn’t a violation．
小题1:What is the author’s attitude towards Plato and Aristotle’s theory?| A．Critical． | B．Approving | C．uncaring | D．Unclear |
小题2:According to Sigmund Freud’s theory，we can infer that __________ .| A．people will laugh when they see others suffer | | B．telling dirty jokes is a relief of one’s nervous feelings ’ | | C．unexpectedness can explain how humor works | | D．tickling doesn’t involve psychological tension |
小题3:According to the author，why are some things funny to some people but not to others?| A．Because the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person． | | B．Because people have different expectations for the same thing． | | C．Because some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart． | | D．Because people’s understanding of violation is different． |
小题4:What is the author’s main purpose of writing this passage?| A．To draw people’s attention to the research of humor． | | B．To criticize people’s misconceptions about humor． | | C．To explain what exactly causes people to laugh． | | D．To prove the sense of humor can be developed． |
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These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers” for the simple reason that they wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a（an） for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his . Alf"s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found job. He will soon be working in an office. He will earn much less than he used to, but he feels that his rise in is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him "Mr. Bloggs" "Alf".
| 小题1: | | A．eventually | B．occasionally | C．usually | D．apparently |
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| 小题2: | | A．excited | B．willing | C．interested | D．lucky |
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| 小题3: | | A．official | B．manager | C．salesman | D．dustman |
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| 小题4: | | A．hopefully | B．probably | C．simply | D．politely |
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| 小题5: | | A．wore | B．put | C．tried | D．dressed |
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| 小题6: | | A．took | B．spent | C．cost | D．wasted |
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| 小题7: | | A．mistake | B．secret | C．memory | D．reputation |
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| 小题8: | | A．another | B．one | C．the other | D．other |
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| 小题9: | | A．status | B．look | C．direction | D．statue |
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| 小题10: | | A．in spite of | B．regardless of | C．instead of | D．in case of |
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Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here’s what happened. I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car’s back end by just inches!
The driver of the other car, who almost caused a big accident, started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was friendly. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck. ”
Many people are like garbage （rubbish） trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You’ll be happy with what you did.
I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets? It was that day I said, “I’m not going to do anymore.”
Successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? If you let more garbage trucks pass you by, you’ll be happier. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don’t.
小题1:What happened one day when the author was taking a taxi?| A．The taxi almost hit another car. | | B．The taxi driver was injured. | | C．The author scolded the driver of the other car. | | D．The author learned a lesson from the driver of the garbage truck. |
小题2:How did the taxi driver respond to the behavior of the driver of the black car?| A．He yelled back at the driver. | | B．He sent the driver to the hospital. | | C．He was friendly towards the driver. | | D．He dumped some garbage in front of his car. |
小题3:What does the taxi driver think of people according to Paragraph 3?| A．Many people like to drive garbage trucks. | | B．Many people dump garbage wherever they like. | | C．Many people are warm-hearted to make others happy. | | D．Many people tend to be very much depressed. |
小题4:What can we infer from Paragraph 4?| A．The author used to have a lot of garbage trucks. | | B．The author used to complain a lot. | | C．The author used to have a lot of money. | | D．The author used to be a good manager. |
小题5:According to the passage, what should you do if people “dump garbage” on you?| A．Ignore them and go on with our own work. | | B．Try our best to persuade them not to do that again. | | C．Tell them to dump the garbage in the right place. | | D．Take over their work and carry the garbage to somewhere else. |
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