If you"re going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.
Mostly he said that after my halfhearted (不尽力的) ____ to weed the vegetable garden. For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still ____ deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the ____ again the next day with a spade dig deep and ____ the roots of our garden. As I tried to focus my attention to ____， Dad"s words kept echoing in my mind: “Do it right.”
I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was ____. All of us were sad to see them go. They were good friends and ____， and we worried about them. And ____， at such times you always wonder: am I next?
But as we watched them during the week they were given to ____， many of us noticed that they weren"t handling this in quite the way we expected them to. ____ none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or ____ in their departure. I didn"t hear a negative word. I didn"t see any ____ or unhappy faces—at least, not from them. Instead, I saw grace.
“It"s ____，” one of my colleagues whispered. “I went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they ____ comforting me.”
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their ____. I don"t know if my departing friends ____ their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and ____ us.
Lee, a man who has seen and ____ lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, ____ nicely for all of us.
“Now, that"s doing it right，” he said.
Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his ____.
| 小题1: | | A．attempts | B．judgements | | C．expectations | D．requests |
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| 小题2: | | A．planted | B．buried | | C．grown | D．stuck |
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| 小题3: | | A．house | B．school | | C．garden | D．company |
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| 小题4: | | A．look forward to | B．come up with | | C．fit in with | D．get down to |
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| 小题5: | | A．watching | B．thinking | | C．digging | D．working |
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| 小题6: | | A．turned down | B．laid off | | C．cut down | D．given up |
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| 小题7: | | A．competitors | B．colleagues | | C．directors | D．consultants |
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| 小题8: | | A．frankly | B．naturally | | C．equally | D．generally |
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| 小题9: | | A．hurry up | B．turn up | | C．pack up | D．come up |
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| 小题10: | | A．Since | B．When | | C．Unless | D．While |
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| 小题11: | | A．sadness | B．puzzle | | C．anger | D．delight |
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| 小题12: | | A．tears | B．smiles | | C．dangers | D．fears |
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| 小题13: | | A．upsetting | B．exciting | | C．disappointing | D．amazing |
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| 小题14: | | A．objected to | B．insisted on | | C．ended up | D．kept on |
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| 小题15: | | A．birth | B．death | | C．arrival | D．party |
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| 小题16: | | A．view | B．recognize | | C．choose | D．describe |
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| 小题17: | | A．discouraged | B．warned | | C．inspired | D．amused |
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| 小题18: | | A．celebrated | B．witnessed | | C．resisted | D．survived |
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| 小题19: | | A．made up | B．summed up | | C．picked up | D．speeded up |
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| 小题20: | | A．disagreement | B．indifference | | C．admiration | D．approval |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
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文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者通过小时候清除菜园杂草的经历以及公司里几个被解雇的同事的表现，向我们诠释了“Do it right”的内涵。
小题1:答案：A 父亲大多是在“我”没有尽力尝试清除菜园的杂草时说这句话。attempt“努力，尝试”，符合语境。
小题2:答案：B 根据上下文可知，此处表示“父亲知道仍然有一些白色的根深埋在土里”，故buried符合语境。
小题3:C 因此第二天，我总是又在花园里，拿着铁锹，认真除去我们菜园里的杂草。
小题4:D 根据上题解析。Get down to表示开始认真做某事，符合语境；A盼望；B想起；A期待。根据句义说明D正确。
小题5:C 由上句中的with a spade dig deep可知，此处表示在我专心挖草根的后死后，父亲的话一直在我的脑海里回响。故C正确。
小题6:B 根据文章中all of us were sad to see them go及lots of lay-offs可知，此处表示我们公司的一个团队被解雇了。Lay off解雇，符合上下文语境。
小题7:答案：B 由上下文可知，此处表示“他们是我们的好朋友和好同事”。
小题8:A并且，老实说，在那样的时候，你会想知道：我是否是下一个呢？因为同事被解雇，所以在那个时候，每个人都会担心自己是否会被解雇了。故frankly老实说，符合上下文语境。
小题9:C上文同事说到自己被解雇了，所以此处是给他们一周的时间收拾东西，故pack up收拾行李。符合语境。
小题10:答案：D 根据上下文可知，空处所在句和后一句之间是让步关系，因此选while，表示“尽管”。尽管没有一个人找到其他的工作，但是他们也没有痛苦或难过。
小题11:答案：A 根据语境可知，此处应该选一个与bitterness意思相近的词语，因此选sadness。
小题12:答案：A “我”没有从他们脸上看见眼泪和难过的神色。
小题13:D 根据上文中的内容和后一句同事的话，可知此处表示我的一个同事认为被解雇的同事的表现是令人惊奇的。
小题14:C 此处表示我的一个同事是去给他们安慰和支持的，结果最后他们反而来安慰我的那个同事。End up with意为：以…为结果，以…告终；符合语境。
小题15:B 根据上下文语境可知，此处把同事们离职前的淡定和天鹅临死时的歌唱做一个对比。故选择death。
小题16:A 我不知道我要离开的时候朋友们是否把他们的离开视为一首天鹅之歌。View...as...把...视为...；以...看待。符合语境。
小题17:C 他们用来拥抱残酷事实的这种淡定和大度，感动和激励着我们。Inspire激励，符合语境。
小题18:D 根据上下文可知，此处应该使用survived表示艰难度过，幸存；即：Lee见到过也经历过很多次解雇。
小题19:答案：B Lee为我们做了很好的总结。sum up意为“总结”，符合上下文语境。
小题20:D由上文可知，这位老同事说的话和我父亲说的话是一样的，因此此处表示我知道父亲一定在某处微笑着表示赞同。故D正确。 |
核心考点
试题【If you"re going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.Mostly he said 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
It had been a long，hard，wonderful day.The two of us had walked from the sea’s edge through the length of a beautiful valley，climbed a superb mountain，travelled its narrow，rocky ridge(山脊)，and now stood on its final peak，tired，happy and looking for the perfect campsite.
The experienced backpacker has a natural feeling for such things，and our eyes were drawn to a small blue circle on the map，like an eye winking at us.We could not see it from where we were，but we followed our judgement and went down steeply until it came into view.
We were right.It was a calm pool，with flat grass beside it.Gently taking our packs off，we made the first of many cups of tea before pulling up our tent.Later that evening，over another cup of tea and after a good meal，we sat outside the tent watching the sunset over a sea dotted with islands，towards one of which a ferry was slowly moving.It is not always so perfect，of course.On another trip，with a different companion，a thoroughly wet day had ended at a lonely farm.Depressed at the thought of camping，we had knocked and asked if we could use a barn(谷仓) as a shelter.
Backpacking could be defined as the art of comfortable，selfsufficient(自给自足的) travel on foot.Everything you need is in the pack on your back，and you become emotionally_as_well_as_physically_attached_to_it.I once left my pack hidden in some rocks while I made a long trip to a peak I particularly wanted to climb.I was away for nearly three hours and ended up running the last stretch in fear that my precious pack would not be there.It was，of course.
The speed at which the backpacker travels makes this the perfect way to see any country.You experience the landscape as a slow unfolding scene，almost in the way it was made；and you find time to stop and talk to people you meet.I’ve learned much local history from simply chatting to people I met while walking through an area.At the end of a trip，whether three days or three weeks，there’s a feeling of achievement，of having got somewhere under your own power.
After years of going out walking just for the day，many people start backpacking simply through wanting to stay out rather than cut short a trip.
小题1:The writer and his companion knew there was a pool because ________.| A．they had been told about it | | B．they could see it on the map | | C．they had seen it earlier in the day | | D．they could see it from the top of the mountain |
小题2:What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The map. | B．The pool. | | C．The mountain. | D．The campsite. |
小题3:How did the writer and his companion feel at the end of the day?| A．They were too tired to put up their tent. | | B．They wished they could have found a farm. | | C．They were anxious about the coming weather. | | D．They were delighted with the spot they’d found. |
小题4:What does the writer mean by being “emotionally as well as physically attached to it ” in Paragraph 4?| A．It is more than just a practical aid. | | B．He walks better when he is wearing it. | | C．It is not a good idea to leave it anywhere. | | D．He might die on the mountains without it. |
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A job is more than just a job，especially to the older generation.“It’s not the money that matters，but the sense of selfworth，” 56yearold Cheng Wonlan said.So，every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels，letters and documents of all shapes and sizes and does her rounds in North Point.She’s a courier(快递人员)．
Five years ago，Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private clinic.She had worked there for almost 30 years but was made jobless when the doctor migrated(移居)．It was extremely difficult for her to find another job.“People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am，” she said.After two years of searching，the mother of two eventually found another nursing job.But then after two years，she quit.Why?
“My colleagues were young and they didn’t understand me because of my age.They often asked me，‘You are so old；what are you working for？’ I was very unhappy.” she said.So while the rest of her family left for work，she was left to lonely boredom at home.The urge to work drove her to suffering.Then，one of Ms Cheng’s neighbours told her about Employee’s Retraining Board (ERB) offering retraining courses for older people on specific occupations，such as convenience store assistants，junior clerks and so on.
“I was interested in courier work.I didn’t think my age was a barrier because I was fit and healthy.So I thought why not give it a try.” she said.Upon graduation from the ERB，Ms Cheng was offered a job by the Speeding Shuttle Courier Service Company Limited.But then Ms Cheng was faced with a conflict：she was caught between honour and employment.It took Ms Cheng 24 hours to make up her mind and eventually came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong or embarrassing about doing the job.So she took heart and went off to work as a courier.
Ms Cheng’s employer is delighted with her，“Ms Cheng has been working with us for two months and has shown a good responsible attitude to work.”Anthony Chong，who runs the company，said.Currently，Mr Chong has 60 couriers working for his company：five of them are over fifty，four of whom have been through the ERB plan.Mr Chong said he hired older people because they were able and reliable.“Age is not an important factor but attitude is.Many old people are more capable than the youngsters.They will not run from difficulties but the young ones will，” he said.“It is not easy to recruit (招募) young people since they shy away from hardship and challenges.”
小题1:Why was it difficult for Ms Cheng to find another nursing job?| A．Nursing clinics were hard to find. | | B．People thought that old people couldn’t be trusted. | | C．People thought she was too old to take on a new job. | | D．People didn’t think she had enough working experience. |
小题2:Ms Cheng left her second nursing job because ________.| A．she was bored | | B．it was too difficult | | C．she was too old to do the job | | D．the other staff made her feel uncomfortable |
小题3:Employee’s Retraining Board is a plan for ________.| A．finding jobs for older people | | B．teaching new skills to older people | | C．training older people to be couriers | | D．giving older people something to do in their spare time |
小题4:When Ms Cheng was offered the courier job she ________.| A．took it straight away | | B．thought it over and then accepted it | | C．thought about it and then refused it | | D．refused it straight away but then changed her mind |
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I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a wellknown doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
| 小题1: | | A．drafted | B．dismissed | | C．invited | D．involved |
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| 小题2: | | A．well | B．plenty | | C．enough | D．heavily |
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| 小题3: | | A．search | B．provide | | C．hope | D．leave |
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| 小题4: | | A．brought | B．checked | | C．gave | D．carried |
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| 小题5: | | A．remind | B．help | | C．devote | D．find |
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| 小题6: | | A．memory | B．favor | | C．possession | D．need |
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| 小题7: | | A．reality | B．fantasy | | C．satisfaction | D．affection |
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| 小题8: | | A．refusing | B．pretending | | C．attempting | D．preparing |
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| 小题9: | | A．whether | B．how | | C．when | D．why |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．anything | | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题12: | | A．sent | B．delivered | | C．published | D．released |
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| 小题13: | | A．But | B．And | | C．Then | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题14: | | A．above | B．around | | C．within | D．beyond |
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| 小题15: | | A．right | B．mean | | C．wrong | D．nice |
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| 小题16: | | A．more | B．further | | C．greater | D．better |
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| 小题18: | | A．ambition | B．dream | | C．enthusiasm | D．education |
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| 小题19: | | A．hunger | B．suffering | | C．desperation | D．poverty |
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| 小题20: | | A．fond | B．proud | | C．aware | D．confident |
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If you are ever planning to buy a telescope and want to get yourself involved in astronomy it is always a good idea to know a bit of the sky.Get acquainted with a few constellations(星座) so that it will be easier for you to spot the constellations when you are using your telescope.
It’s a good idea to buy a few magazines on astronomy to help you to get familiar with the constellations in the sky and also read a few reviews on the different types of telescopes in the market.This will help you gather all the information that is out there regarding telescopes and what people have to say about them.
It’s advisable to go in for a pair of binoculars(双筒望远镜) before you buy your first telescope so that you can get used to spotting constellations before your view of the sky is narrowed down.This will also help you know if you really want to get involved in astronomy.Many people buy a costly telescope and then discover that they’re not actually interested in astronomy.
Experience has no substitute，and there certainly is nothing better than using different telescopes before you buy one.This will help you to get the feel of all the types of telescopes and you will know which one is easier for you to use.A large aperture(光圈) refractor(折射) may give you an excellent image but you may not be able to keep a steady hand while using it resulting in a blurry image.
There are three types of telescopes that are available in the market.If you want a more elegant looking telescope you can always choose to buy a fine brass telescope.It’s good to become acquainted with each type before going for the plunge of a first telescope.The first type of telescope is the refractor telescope，which uses lenses to gather light to a focus at the eye piece.The use of lenses helps the telescope have a superior image.A refracting telescope is not as portable as the other two types of telescopes and so you will have to buy one with a small aperture.
The second type of telescope is the Reflector.Made by Sir Isaac Newton，this telescope functions by focusing the light back at the front of the tube，which is where the eyepiece sits，by using parabolic(抛物线的) mirrors and another smaller mirror to deflect the light.There is no added color in the image caused by refraction of light since this telescope does not use lenses.These are the cheapest of all telescopes and are more portable than refractors.
小题1:According to the text，a telescope is intended to be bought for ________.| A．getting experience | | B．watching stars | | C．studying the climate | | D．learning about a bit of the sky |
小题2:What can we learn from Paragraph 2?| A．One must know something about astronomy and telescopes. | | B．One can’t buy a telescope without buying several astronomy magazines. | | C．One should check the telescopes in the market and try to find a better one. | | D．One must be familiar with new information of astronomy and space instruments. |
小题3:Why does the author advise buying a pair of binoculars first?| A．The telescope is too expensive. | | B．The binoculars are easier to use. | | C．You may gain plenty of experience in astronomy. | | D．Your view will be narrow by using a pair of binoculars. |
小题4:What do we know about the refracting telescope?| A．It looks very elegant. | | B．It refracts light by an eye piece. | | C．It has clear images without any lenses. | | D．It is not convenient to take along for its size. |
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One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert，I came upon a young man standing by the roadside.He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand.I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need.Now you are a fool for helping.With gangs，drug addicts，murderers，rapists，thieves lurking everywhere，“I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker.Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.
Does anyone stop any more？I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line：“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”．Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days？One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money，relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find？Who would feed him，shelter him，carry him down the road?
The idea intrigued me.
The week I turned 37，I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides，food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina，a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6,1994，and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles：“America”．
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states.As I traveled，folks were always warning me about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming；in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa.Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger，even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.
小题1:Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?| A．Because he failed to notice this man. | | B．Because he was driving too fast. | | C．Because he thought the young man didn’t need help. | | D．Because he was afraid of being tricked. |
小题2:What was it that made the author upset?| A．Leaving the young man alone in the desert. | | B．Being considered a fool. | | C．Making the decision of not offering help so easily. | | D．Keeping thinking about the young man. |
小题3:The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.| A．find out how long he could survive without help | | B．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment | | C．find out whether strangers would offer help to him | | D．figure out how strangers thought of his plan |
小题4:The following part might probably ________.| A．describe how he fooled the strangers | | B．describe how strangers went out their way to help him | | C．explain why people refused to help strangers | | D．explain how he overcame his difficulties on the way |
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