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In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama class. Afterward I asked the drama teacher       any of my English teachers are still there. Irene Roberts, he tells me, is in the class        down the hall.
  I was no one special in Miss Roberts’ class — just another student who did okay work. I don’t recall any one special bit of wisdom she passed on. Yet I cannot forget her        for language, for ideas and for her students. I        now, many years later, that she is the perfect example of a        teacher. I’d like to say something to her, I say, but I don’t want to        her from a class. Nonsense, he says, she’ll be        to see you.
  The drama teacher       Miss Roberts into the hallway where stands this 32-year-old man she last saw at 18. “I’m Mark Medoff,” I tell her. “You were my 12th-grade English teacher in 1958.” She       her head to one side and looks at me, as if this angle might remember me in her       . And then, though armed with a message I want to        in many words, I can’t think up anything more memorable than this: “I want you to know,” I say, “you were        to me.”
  And there in the hallway, this lovely woman, now nearing        age, this teacher who doesn’t remember me, begins to weep; and she encircles me in her arms.
          this moment, I begin to sense that everything I will ever know, everything I will ever pass to my students, is an inseparable part of a legacy(遗产) of our ancestors.
  Irene Roberts holds me        in her arms and through her tears whispers        my cheek, “Thank you.” And then, with the briefest of looks into my forgotten face, she         back into her classroom,        to what she has done thousands of days through all the years of my       .
On reflection, maybe those were,       , just the right words to say to Irene Roberts. Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers through my life, the very words I would like spoken to me one day by some returning student: “I want you to know you were important to me.”
小题1:
A.thatB.ifC.asD.when
小题2:
A.justB.almostC.nearlyD.about
小题3:
A.kindnessB.respectC.friendshipD.love
小题4:
A.knowB.learnC.realizeD.believe
小题5:
A.selfishB.self-confidentC.self-consciousD.selfless
小题6:
A.callB.dragC.pushD.pull
小题7:
A.upsetB.delightedC.interestedD.annoyed
小题8:
A.bringsB.takesC.fetchesD.introduces
小题9:
A.bowsB.raisesC.risesD.puts
小题10:
A.thoughtB.brainC.attentionD.memory
小题11:
A.announceB.speakC.deliverD.tell
小题12:
A.usefulB.importantC.hopefulD.beneficial
小题13:
A.retirementB.enjoymentC.employmentD.happiness
小题14:
A.RemindingB.ExplainingC.RememberingD.Forgetting
小题15:
A.happilyB.straightC.calmly D.briefly
小题16:
A.againstB.withC.offD.beyond
小题17:
A.escapesB.gathersC.disappearsD.fails
小题18:
A.longsB.continuesC.goesD.returns
小题19:
A.absenceB.classC.workD.task
小题20:
A.or ratherB.in additionC.as usualD.after all

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6: D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:D
解析

试题分析:这是一篇夹叙夹议的情感文章。这是作者在回母校作报告时,去看望自己以前的老师,老师仅仅是轻轻地拥抱,又回到自己的教室。作者的这句:“你对我来说很重要”就是对老师爱的表达。
小题1:B 连辨析。句意:之后,我向戏剧班的老师打听,这里是否还有以前教过我的英语老师。If是否,引导asked的宾语从句。
小题2:A 副词辨析。just恰恰,正是;almost几乎;nearly几乎,将近;about关于,大约。句意:他告诉我,伊伦•罗伯茨老师现在就在礼堂下面的教室里上。
小题3:B 上下文串联。kindness好意;respect尊重,尊敬;friendship友谊;love爱。根据空前的作者对这位老师的敬重,和空后的for后宾语进行判断。
小题4:C 动词辨析。A知道;B学会;C意识到;D相信。很多年后的现在,我意识到她是一个典型的无私的老师。
小题5:D 上下文串联。A自私的;B自信的;C有自我意识的, 自觉的;D无私的。根据上文作者对这位老师的高度评价,特别是关键词perfect,判断选D。
小题6:D 上下文串联。句意:“我想跟她说些什么,但并不想耽误她上课”。pull sb from把某人从在……中拉出来,pull sb from a class耽误某人上课。此处指老师正在上课,作者不想打扰她。
小题7:B 上下文串联。delighted高兴;upset不安的;interested有趣的;annoyed心烦的。be delighted to do sth很高兴做某事。此处描述的是老师见到以前的学生,当然是非常高兴的。故选B。
小题8:A 动词辨析。A带来;B带走;C去取回;D介绍。句意:这位戏剧老师把罗伯特小姐带进走廊,32岁的我站在那里,这是当年我18岁时最后一次看到她的地方。bring sb into sp把某人带入某处。
小题9:B 上下文串联。句意:她翘首看着我,仿佛这位天使会从记忆里想起我似的。A鞠躬;B抬头,举起;C升起,不及物动词;D放置。raise one’s head抬头,翘首。
小题10:D 名词辨析。A想法;B大脑;C注意;D记忆,储存器。in one’s memory在某人的记忆中。
小题11:C 动词辨析。句意:尽管我心中仿佛充满滔滔江河般的话,却最终汇成让人难忘的这句话。deliver发表(讲话),作(讲座)。如:The president will deliver a speech about schools.总统将就学校问题发表讲话。
小题12:B 上下文串联。根据文章的最后一句话I want you to know you were important to me判断选B。
小题13:A 上下文串联。作者是在有成就后来校作报告,去看望自己原来的老师。从1958年在校求学,到现在1972年来作报告来判断老师到了退休年龄。retirement age退休年龄。
小题14:C 动词辨析。A提醒;B解释;C记得,想到;D忘记。句意:每次想起这个时刻,我就开始意识到我所知道的一切,我所传授给学生的一切,教给我的孩子的所有东西,都是祖先流传下来的奇迹和永恒的希望不可分割的一部分。此处是现在分词短语作状语。
小题15:D 副词辨析。A幸福地;B直接;C平静地;D轻轻地,短暂地;句意:伊伦•罗伯茨轻轻地拥抱着我,满含泪水,声音细微地对我说:“谢谢你。”此处用briefly体现教师对学生的那份爱。如:He smiled briefly...他微微笑了笑。
小题16:A 词义辨析。A紧靠,靠着,反对;B和,本身带有;C离开;D超过,在那边。根据前面的whisper判断选against。
小题17:C 动词辨析。A逃脱;B聚集;C消失,不见;D失败,不及格。这时老师已经走进教室,对于作者来说就是“disappear”。
小题18:D 动词辨析。A渴望;B继续;C去;D回到。老师已经回到了作者这么多年不在的教室,继续面对自己现在的学生。
小题19:A 名词辨析。A缺乏,离席,不在;B班级;C工作;D任务。此处是老师回到了我多年不在的教室,继续上课。故选A。
小题20:D 短语辨析。A更确实地,更确切地说;B除此之外;C和平常一样;D毕竟,终究。句意:每次回想起,终究,那些只是我对伊伦•罗伯茨说的恰当言辞了。
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My daughter Allie is leaving for college in a week. Her room is piled with shopping bags filled with blankets, towels, jeans, sweaters. She won’t talk about going.
I say, “I’m going to miss you,” and she gives me one of her looks and leaves the room. Another time I say, in a voice so friendly it surprises even me: “Do you think you’ll take your posters and pictures with you, or will you get new ones at college?”
She answers, her voice filled with annoyance, “How should I know?”
 My daughter is off with friends most of the time. Yesterday was the last day she’d have until Christmas with her friend Katharine, whom she’s known since kindergarten. Soon, it will be her last day with Sarah, Claire, Heather... and then it will be her last day with me.
 My friend Karen told me, “The August before I left for college, I screamed at my mother the whole month. Be prepared.”
 I stand in the kitchen, watching Allie make a glass of iced tea. Her face, once so open and trusting, is closed to me. I struggle to think of something to say to her, something meaningful and warm. I want her to know I’m excited about the college she has chosen, that I know the adventure of her life is just starting and that I am proud of her. But the look on her face is so mad that I think she might hit me if I open my mouth.
 One night — after a long period of silence between us — I asked what I might have done or said to make her angry with me. She sighed and said, “Mom, you haven’t done anything. It’s fine.” It is fine — just distant.
 Somehow in the past we had always found some way to connect. When Allie was a baby, I would go to the day-care center after work. I’d find a quiet spot and she would nurse — our eyes locked together, reconnecting with each other.
 In middle school, when other mothers were already regretting the distant relationship they felt with their adolescent daughters, I hit upon a solution: rescue measures. I would show up occasionally at school, sign her out of class and take her somewhere — out to lunch, to the movies, once for a long walk on the beach. It may sound irresponsible, but it kept us close when other mothers and daughters were quarrelling. We talked about everything on those outings — outings we kept secret from family and friends.
 When she started high school, I’d get up with her in the morning to make her a sandwich for lunch, and we’d silently drink a cup of tea together before the 6:40 bus came.
 A couple of times during her senior year I went into her room at night, the light off, but before she went to sleep. I’d sit on the edge of her bed, and she’d tell me about problems: a teacher who lowered her grade because she was too shy to talk in class, a boy who teased her, a friend who had started smoking. Her voice, coming out of the darkness, was young and questioning.
 A few days later I’d hear her on the phone, repeating some of the things I had said, things she had adopted for her own.
 But now we are having two kinds of partings. I want to say good-bye in a romantic way. For example, we can go to lunch and lean across the table and say how much we will miss each other. I want smiles through tears, bittersweet moments of memory and the chance to offer some last bits of wisdom.
But as she prepares to depart, Allie has hidden her feelings. When I reach to touch her arm, she pulls away. She turns down every invitation I extend. She lies on her bed, reading Emily Dickinson until I say I have always loved Emily Dickinson, and then she closes the book.
Some say the tighter your bond with your child, the greater her need to break away, to establish her own identity in the world. The more it will hurt, they say. A friend of mine who went through a difficult time with her daughter but now has become close to her again, tells me, “Your daughter will be back to you.”
“I don’t know,” I say. I sometimes feel so angry that I want to go over and shake Allie. I want to say, “Talk to me — or you’re grounded!” I feel myself wanting to say that most horrible of all mother phrases: “Think of everything I’ve done for you.”
Late one night, as I’m getting ready for bed she comes to the bathroom door and watches me brush my teeth. For a moment, I think I must be brushing my teeth in a way she doesn’t approve of. But then she says, “I want to read you something.” It’s a brochure from her college. “These are tips for parents.”
I watch her face as she reads the advice aloud: “ ‘Don’t ask your child if she is homesick,’ it says. ‘She might feel bad the first few weeks, but don’t let it worry you. This is a natural time of transition. Write her letters and call her a lot. Send a package of candies...’ ”
Her voice breaks, and she comes over to me and buries her head in my shoulder. I stroke her hair, lightly, afraid she’ll run if I say a word. We stand there together for long moments, swaying. Reconnecting.
I know it will be hard again. It’s likely there will be a fight about something. But I am grateful to be standing in here at midnight, both of us tired and sad, toothpaste spread on my chin, holding tight to—while also letting go of—my daughter who is trying to say good-bye.
小题1:Why is there a period of silence between the author and Allie one night?
A.Allie is tired of the author’s suggestions.
B.The author is angry with Allie’s rudeness.
C.Allie is anxious about talking about leaving.
D.The author is ready to adjust her way of parenting.
小题2:How did the author deal with the possible distance with Allie when Allie was in middle school?
A.She would chat with Allie till late at night.
B.She would invite Allie and her friends home.
C.She would visit Allie at school and take her out.
D.She would communicate with Allie by telephone.
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that__________.
A.Allie is emotional and only has a few good friends
B.the author is not satisfied with the college Allie has chosen
C.there is a lack of communication between the author and Allie
D.there are different attitudes to parting between the author and Allie
小题4:What Allie reads to the author is__________.
A.the tips to parents on how to educate their children
B.the suggestion on how to deal with the generation gap
C.the tips to parents on when they depart with their children
D.the suggestion on how to ease the homesickness of children
小题5:The author doesn’t say anything to Allie when they are standing together because_________.
A.she can’t read Allie’s mind
B.she is afraid that Allie will leave
C.she is too excited to speak a word
D.she doesn’t know how to speak to Allie
小题6:From the underlined part in the last paragraph we can know that___________.
A.the tie between the author and Allie is broken
B.Allie doesn’t need the author’s care any more
C.the author expects Allie to live an independent life
D.the author will keep a close relationship with Allie as before

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Janelle was running late for work, so she just had time for a quick look at herself in the mirror as she was going out. What she saw there made her stop dead in her tracks.
Being a busy college student just one year removed from her teenage years, she wasn’t exactly obsessive-compulsive(有强迫观念和行为的) about the neatness of her clothes. But her boss at the restaurant where she works saw things a little differently. He had recently lectured the entire staff on the importance of appearance, and had specifically mentioned the need for servers to wear clean, unwrinkled blouses. As an assistant manager, Janelle felt it was important to set an example for the other employees. But if she stopped to iron the blouse normally, she would be late —and work without delay was an area of even greater concern to her boss.
So she grabbed her iron and plugged it in and set it for low heat. Carefully holding her blouse away from her body, she continued to iron it while she was wearing it. It seemed like a logical answer to an urgent problem.
And it seemed to be working until Janelle tried to iron the collar and accidentally ironed her neck by mistake. Then it suddenly seemed like a really stupid idea and a really painful one as well. It took more time to treat her burn than it would have taken to iron her shirt properly. And she spent a miserable shift dealing with the pain of the burn.
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? For me it was cutting my own hair. For a former roommate it was trying to pull his own wisdom teeth. For another college acquaintance, it was trying to change the oil in his car while the motor was still running.
“There’s a right way and a wrong way of doing things,” Dad used to tell me whenever I’d spoil the look of our yard by trying out a faster, easier and more creative way of pulling weeds or edging the lawn. “If a thing is worth doing,” he said, “it’s worth doing it right.” There’s a reason why certain things are done in certain ways. Those old, boring, predictable ways work.
小题1:Jenelle found in the mirror that __________.
A.there were stains on her blouse
B.her blouse was wrinkled
C.she wore heavy makeup
D.she put on a wrong blouse
小题2:It’s learned from Paragraph 2 that______________.
A.Jenelle had no sense of responsibility at work
B.Jenelle failed to set an example for employees in daily work
C.Jenelle didn’t care about the neatness of her clothes at all
D.Jenelle’s boss put doing something on time above appearance
小题3:What can we infer from the fifth paragraph?
A.We all have done loads of things like Janelle.
B.We are careful enough in daily life.
C.We all have done something creative.
D.We all have tried to iron clothes while we are wearing them.
小题4:What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph ?
A.Be creative.B.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
C.Stick to old ways.D.Do things right.

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A couple were having a wedding. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely    and all had a wonderful time. The bride was      in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a    , “Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit    with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can    them and make our lives happier.” The husband agreed. So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided they would go over their   .
“I’ll start,” said the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband"s eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing.” the husband replied,“   reading your list.”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three    to her husband.
“Now, it’s your turn and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” she said happily.
      the husband stated,“I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are    the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me.”
The wife    by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the     things before us?
小题1:
A.houseB.factoryC.ceremonyD.church
小题2:
A.attractiveB.nervousC.seriousD.strict
小题3:
A.preparationB.orderC.shameD.suggestion
小题4:
A.annoyingB.excitingC.interestingD.puzzling
小题5:
A.adoptB.keepC.makeD.fix
小题6:
A.celebrationB.tableC.listsD.document
小题7:
A.Keep onB.Put onC.Call onD.Get on
小题8:
A.attacks B.itemsC.annoyancesD.pages
小题9:
A.NervouslyB.CalmlyC.AngrilyD.Anxiously
小题10:
A.outgoing B.carefulC.perfectD.beautiful
小题11:
A.shocked B.movedC.disappointedD.threatened
小题12:
A.badB.wonderfulC.wrongD.horrible

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There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people      to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you     is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you      others. Because while there will be times      outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely     . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are     . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision      anyway.
You were      with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and      the appropriate action, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own     .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of      a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the      necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to      on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being      to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior      knew more than I did, and so I      too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in     . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by      and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to      this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to      and to life.
小题1:
A.easyB. readyC.unwillingD.hard
小题2:
A.leadB. lendC.takeD.earn
小题3:
A.look atB.pick upC.turn toD.learn from
小题4:
A.thatB.sinceC.whenD.while
小题5:
A.uselessB.usefulC. pricelessD.clever
小题6:
A.gettingB. makingC.sufferingD.facing
小题7:
A.on one handB.on your ownC.on the wholeD.on all sides
小题8:
A.bornB.tiredC.satisfiedD.covered
小题9:
A.enjoyB.stepC.planD.take
小题10:
A.assumptionB.judgmentC.conditionD.fortune
小题11:
A.basingB.dependingC.relyingD.focusing
小题12:
A.researchB.searchC.resourcesD.activity
小题13:
A.povertyB.lazinessC.richnessD.diligence
小题14:
A.usedB.accustomedC.newD.old
小题15:
A.studentsB.brothersC.colleaguesD.classmates
小题16:
A.owedB.paidC. gaveD.held
小题17:
A.disasterB.progressC. failure D.success
小题18:
A.eitherB.anotherC.eachD.others
小题19:
A.thinkB.rememberC.realizeD.recall
小题20:
A.paymentB.dreamsC.happinessD.business

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My friend Tom came across an accident when driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was           was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of       as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but          in the cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke and then the       of the rescue team.
It is almost          that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his       . “First of all I checked my   conditions and found myself not in danger. As there was no        to call for help, I leaned(斜靠)back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from       . In this way I dozed(打盹)off.”
His story put an end to my regret for the         of an exploration that happened last year. A group of young men          to explore a mountain cave and got lost.         to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of        . Finally, they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the       team that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the       of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to      themselves, they would probably have sensed a faint light glowing(发出) not far away.
Don’t you think that you can compare it with       itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. Focus that it’s unclear to you yet and you needn’t put up struggle     . It seems to be a negative attitude,     a person who can do so must have foresight as well as a great        in the first place.
小题1:
A.hopelessB.worseC.moreD.best
小题2:
A.serviceB.wayC.controlD.work
小题3:
A.cryB.lieC.waitD.sleep
小题4:
A.delayB.successC.teamD.arrival
小题5:
A.untrueB.unimaginable C.possibleD.useless
小题6:
A.plan B.decisionC.explanationD.excuse
小题7:
A.physicalB.mentalC.workingD.medical
小题8:
A.methodB.wayC.toolsD.strength
小题9:
A.rottingB.spreading C.bleeding D.running
小题10:
A.lossB.failure C.sadness D.disappointment
小题11:
A.had B.managed C.tried D.planned
小题12:
A.Willing B.UnableC.DeterminedD.Deciding
小题13:
A.hearingB.sightC.feeling D.direction
小题14:
A.rescueB.village C.local D.brave
小题15:
A.end B.topC.openingD.side
小题16:
A.saveB.helpC.stop D.calm
小题17:
A.adventureB.work C.life D.mankind
小题18:
A.reallyB.immediatelyC.carefully D.hopefully
小题19:
A.and B.so C.butD.while
小题20:
A.courageB.imagination C.thought D.opinion

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