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My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling     , but I always knew he was     . He never criticized us, but used        to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die. ” I       as a child I said something       about somebody, and my father said, “     time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection(反映)of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best       people, I would get the best      . From then on I’ve always tried to       the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very      . At 15, I started a magazine. It was       a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a      : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to get me to change my decision,       any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad       me to go into law. And I’ve       regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, __   I didn’t realize my      . You know what you want. Go achieve it. ”
As      turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national       for young people in the U. K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad       me.
小题1:
A.biologistB.managerC.lawyerD.gardener
小题2:
A.strictB.honestC.specialD.learned
小题3:
A.praiseB.courageC.powerD.warmth
小题4:
A.thinkB.imagineC.remember D.guess
小题5:
A.unnecessary B.unkindC.unimportantD.unusual
小题6:
A.Another B.SomeC.AnyD.Other
小题7:
A.onB.inC.atD.about
小题8:
A.in case B.by turnsC.by chanceD.in return
小题9:
A.process B.setC.reviewD.follow
小题10:
A.understandingB.experiencedC.seriousD.demanding
小题11:
A.taking upB.making upC.picking upD.keeping up
小题12:
A.suggestion B.decisionC.noticeD.choice
小题13:
A.andB.asC.even ifD.as if
小题14:
A.helped B.allowedC.persuadedD.suggested
小题15:
A.always B.neverC.seldomD.almost
小题16:
A.rather B.butC.forD.therefore
小题17:
A.promiseB.taskC.beliefD.dream
小题18:
A.thisB.heC.itD.that
小题19:
A.newspaperB.magazineC.programD.project
小题20:
A.controlled B.comfortedC.reminded D.raised

答案

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

试题分析:本文讲述了作者的父亲非常理解自己,总是通过赞扬的方式来鼓舞我,同时也一直很支持我的选择,结果证明我父亲是做的非常正确的,我也做了我想做的事情,获得了自己的成就。
小题1:考查名词:A. biologist生物学家  B. manager经理  C. lawyer律师   D. gardener园丁 ;后文讲到go into law,可知爸爸是个努力奋斗的律师,故此处答案选C。
小题2:考查形容词:A. strict严格的   B. honest诚实的 C. special特别的    D. learned博学的 从后文的观点看,结合句意:但是我知道他是特别的,故选C。
小题3:考查名词:A. praise赞扬,赏识   B. courage鼓励  C. power力量,D. warmth温暖,根据前文讲到了批评,再语义转折,再结合句意:但是用赏识来让我们变的最好。故选A。
小题4:考查动词:A.think想,B.imagine想象,C.remember记得,D.guess猜,我记得当我是个小孩子的时候,故选C。
小题5:考查形容词:A. unnecessary不必要的 B. unkind不友好的   C. unimportant不重要的  D. unusual不寻常的,根据后文unpleasant可知此处填B。
小题6:考查代词:A.Another另一个,B.Some一些,C.Any任何D.Other 其他,any time任何时候,句意:任何时候你向别人说一些不好的话,同时也会对自己有一种不好反射作用,故选C。
小题7:考查介词:A.on在…上面,B.in在…里面,C.at 在…点,D.about关于,如果我在人们身上寻找优点,故选B。
小题8:考查词组:A. in case以防万一,B. by turns轮流,C. by chance偶然, D. in return作为回报;句意“如果你在人们身上寻找优点,你也会得以回报,故选D。
小题9:考查动词:A. process  处理,B. set设置,C. review回顾,D. follow遵循;跟随,句意:从那以后,我一直在人生中遵循这个原则,故选D。
小题10:考查形容词:A. understanding理解的 B. experienced有经验的, C. serious严重的,严肃的,D. demanding苛求的;从后文父亲的说话中及结合句意:父亲总是很善解人意的,故选A。
小题11:考查词组:A. taking up占据,从事,B. making up编造,组成,合好,C. picking up捡起,接受,收听,偶尔习得,D. keeping up保持;句意:我占据了大量的时间,故选A。
小题12:考查名词:A. suggestion 建议B. decision决定 C. notice通知   D. choice选择,从后文看,是呆在学校还是离开学校去工作,是选择,故选D。
小题13:考查连词:A. and并且   B. as正如   C. even if即使  D. as if 好像;句意:正如一个好的父亲会做的那样,我的父亲尽力的劝说我改变主意,故选B。
小题14:考查动词:A. helped 帮助B. allowed允许 C. persuaded劝说,说服,D. suggested建议;句意:当我23岁时我的父亲说服我去学法律,故选C。
小题15:考查动词:A.always 一直,B.never从不,C.seldom很少,D.almost几乎不,后文讲到父亲的梦想是一个生物学家,所以这里应该是父亲一直能很后悔,故选A。
小题16:考查句意理解:A.rather相当,B.but 但是,C.for为了,D.therefore因此,句意:但是我没有去追求我的梦想,故选B。
小题17:考查动词:A. promise答应   B. task任务 C. belief信念  D. dream梦想;句意:但是我没有去追求我的梦想,故选D。
小题18:考查代词:A.this这个,B.he他C.it它,D.that那个, as it turn out结果最终表明,固定结构,故选C。
小题19:考查名词:A.newspaper报纸,B.magazine杂志,C.program 课程,D.project计划,前文讲到leave to work on my magazine.故此处选杂志,故选B。
小题20:考查动词:A. controlled控制,B. comforted安慰,C. reminded使想起,D. raised抚养;句意:我想我将用我父亲抚养我的方式把他们带大,故选D。
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试题【My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggl】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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A shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. The boy walked a long way, and finally came upon a beautiful castle where the wise man lived.
Rather than finding a holy man, though, our hero, on entering the main room of the castle, saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went, people were chatting in the corners and a small orchestra was playing soft music. The wise man talked with everyone, and the boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turn.
The wise man listened carefully to the boy’s explanation of why he had come, but told him that he didn’t have time just then to explain the secret of happiness. He suggested the boy look around the palace and return in two hours.
“Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,” said the wise man, handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. “As you wander around, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill”.
The boy began to walk up and down stairs in the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. After two hours, he returned.
“Well,” asked the wise man, “Did you see the Persian tapestries (波斯织锦) hanging in my dining hall? Did you see the garden that it took the master gardener 10 years to create?”
The boy was embarrassed, and replied that he had observed nothing. His only concern had been not to spill the oil.
“Then go back and observe the wonderful things of my world,” said the wise man.
Then the boy picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace, this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and the walls. He saw the gardens and the mountains all around him. When he returned, he described in detail everything he had seen.
“But where are the drops of oil I gave to you?” asked the wise man. Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw that the oil was gone.
“Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you,” said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to see all the wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
小题1:When the shopkeeper’s son arrived at the castle, he ______.
A.received warm welcome from the wise man
B.didn’t expect to see so many people around
C.was shown around the palace by the local people
D.had already missed his chance to talk to the wise man
小题2:The wise man gave the boy two tasks in order to ______.
A.let the boy enjoy his palace and garden
B.show him how to observe the wonderful things in the world
C.make him learn from his mistakes
D.teach him the secret of happiness
小题3:We can infer from the article that “the drops of oil on the spoon” probably refer to ______.
A.the beauty of nature
B.the fortune a person owns
C.the responsibilities of a person
D.the great opportunities in life
小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A.The wise man was satisfied with the way the boy performed the second task
B.It took the wise man about 10 years to finish his garden.
C.The wise man wasn’t paying much attention to the boy at first.
D.The boy took no notice of the surroundings during his first task.

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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

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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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