People say one man"s trash(垃圾) is another man"s treasure. That comes to me as I the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was , we looked around the house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so all the stuff(东西) left. Like so many of their generation, my parents everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every my parents ever saw, I also many hidden treasures. Mom"s pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵) and a world traveler, everything -- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the . The letters he wrote during the war his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I our old kitchen table, which brought back of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I"m realizing all these things my parents" life journey. Each time I go to , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I knew. , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
| 小题1: | | A．coincidence | B．goal | C．principle | D．thought |
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| 小题2: | | A．looked for | B．looked through | C．looked into | D．looked after |
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| 小题4: | | A．retired | B．ill | C．gone | D．injured |
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| 小题5: | | A．clean | B．strange | C．empty | D．modern |
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| 小题6: | | A．pleased with | B．familiar with | C．astonished at | D．disappointed at |
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| 小题7: | | A．saved | B．enjoyed | C．purchased | D．designed |
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| 小题8: | | A．decisions | B．bargains | C．challenges | D．responsibilities |
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| 小题9: | | A．person | B．doctor | C．neighbor | D．child |
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| 小题10: | | A．bought | B．discovered | C．buried | D．lost |
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| 小题12: | | A．liked | B．bought | C．kept | D．lost |
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| 小题13: | | A．countryside | B．school | C．college | D．army |
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| 小题14: | | A．receive | B．direct | C．sense | D．describe |
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| 小题15: | | A．repaired | B．cleaned | C．spotted | D．set |
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| 小题16: | | A．introductions | B．memories | C．descriptions | D．communications |
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| 小题17: | | A．represented | B．recognized | C．instructed | D．confirmed |
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| 小题18: | | A．the supermarket | B．church | C．my office | D．the house |
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| 小题19: | | A．merely | B．always | C．really | D．never |
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| 小题20: | | A．Everything | B．Nothing | C．Anything | D．Something |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:D
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试题分析：作者的父母去世后，给作者和姐姐留下一个房子，在查看房子的过程中作者发现很多“宝藏”，那是作者童年的记忆和父母的生活的印记。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A. coincidence巧合，一致，B. goal目标，C. principle原则，D. thought想法，从前面的句子;People say one man"s trash(垃圾) is another man"s treasure.可知我有这个想法是在查看父母1962年购买的房子的时候。选D
小题2:考查动词短语辨析：A. looked for寻找，B. looked through浏览，C. looked into调查，D. looked after照顾，这里是指检查房子，选B
小题3:考查介词辨析：A. to给，B. for为了，C. with和…一起，D. by通过，爸爸将这个房子留给了我和姐姐，选 A
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. retired退休，B. ill生病，C. gone去，D. injured 受伤，从上文的：My father left the house 43 my sister and me when he died a few months ago. 可知是爸爸去世后。选C
小题5:考查形容词辨析：A. clean干净，B. strange奇怪，C. empty空的，D. modern现代的，因为父母都去世了，所以就剩下空房子，选C
小题6:考查形容词短语辨析：A. pleased with 对…满意，B. familiar with 和…熟悉，C. astonished at 对…惊讶， D. disappointed at对…失望，从下文的Like so many of their generation, my parents 47 everything.可知作者他们对留下的东西都感到惊讶。选C
小题7:考查动词辨析：A. saved拯救，储存，B. enjoyed享受，C. purchased购买，D. designed 设计，象他们那代人，我父母将所有的东西都保存下来，选A
小题8:考查名词辨析：A. decisions决定，B. bargains讨价还价，C. challenges挑战，D. responsibilities责任，象我们这代人，我们在面临该放弃什么，保留什么的时候面临焦虑的抉择。选A
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. person人，B. doctor医生，C. neighbor邻居，D. child孩子，就在我们扔掉就相册和看医生留下的药费单的时候，选B
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. bought 买，B. discovered发现，C. buried埋葬，D. lost失去，我也发现了很多宝藏，选B
小题11:考查副词辨析：A. just仅仅，B. even 甚至，C. only只有，D. yet然而，妈妈的皮夹里面什么都有，甚至有带着头发的梳子。选B
小题12:考查动词辨析：A. liked 喜欢，B. bought买，C. kept保持，D. lost失去，爸爸保留着一切，包括来自世界各地的勺子到写给父母的信。选C
小题13:考查名词辨析： A. countryside乡村，B. school学校，C. college 大学，D. army军队，从上文的：who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵)可知是在军队的时候，选 D
小题14:考查动词辨析：A. receive收到，B. direct指导，C. sense感觉，D. describe描述，在战争中写的信描述了他做为年轻人的想法。选D
小题15:考查动词辨析：A. repaired 修理，B. cleaned打扫，C. spotted 突然看见，D. set设置，在地下水我突然看见我们儿时的餐桌，选C
小题16:考查名词辨析：A. introductions介绍，B. memories记忆，C. descriptions描述，D. communications 交流，餐桌让我想起父母姐姐和我一起吃早餐的记忆。选B
小题17:考查动词辨析：A. represented呈现，B. recognized识别，C. instructed指导，D. confirmed证实，我意识到这些东西代表父母的人生轨迹，选 A
小题18:考查名词辨析：A. the supermarket超市，B. church教堂，C. my office我的办公室，D. the house房子，每次我到这个房子，都能使我想起童年选D
小题19:考查副词辨析：A. merely仅仅，B. always总是，C. really真实的，D. never从不，或告诉我关于父母的一些不知道的事情。选D
小题20:考查代词辨析：A. Everything每件事，B. Nothing没有什么事情，C. Anything任何人，D. Something 某些事情，从破旧的家具到所有隐藏的宝藏一切东西对我来说都比任何记忆有更多的含义。选A |
核心考点
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Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times when his strong-minded grandfather was nearly , he loaded his family into the car and them to see family members in Canada with a , “There are more important things in life than money.”
The took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. Instead, their reaction echoed (重复) their great-grandfather’s. What they about was how warm the people were in the house and how much of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children through times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon (现象) reflects a growing in telling tales, evidenced (证明) by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.
A university of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The is telling the stories in a way children can hear. We’re not talking here about the kind of story that , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.” Instead, we should choose a story suited (适合) to the child’s , and make eye contact to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children what they should take from the story and what the moral is.
| 小题1: | | A．missed | B．lost | C．forgot | D．ignored |
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| 小题2: | | A．friendless | B．worthless | C．penniless | D．homeless |
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| 小题3: | | A．fetched | B．allowed | C．expected | D．took |
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| 小题4: | | A．hope | B．promise | C．suggestion | D．belief |
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| 小题5: | | A．tale | B．agreement | C．arrangement | D．report |
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| 小题6: | | A．large | B．small | C．new | D．grand |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprised | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．worried |
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| 小题8: | | A．talked | B．cared | C．wrote | D．heard |
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| 小题9: | | A．good | B．hard | C．old | D．modern |
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| 小题10: | | A．argument | B．skill | C．interest | D．anxiety |
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| 小题11: | | A．study | B．design | C．party | D．staff |
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| 小题12: | | A．provide | B．retell | C．support | D．refuse |
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| 小题13: | | A．trouble | B．gift | C．fact | D．trick |
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| 小题14: | | A．means | B．ends | C．begins | D．proves |
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| 小题15: | | A．needs | B．activities | C．hobbies | D．habits |
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There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health, wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (冒犯) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was sounded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have realized its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly all act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others: nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrong doings. These people should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
小题1:People who are unhappy ．| A．always consider things differently from others | | B．usually are affected by the results of certain things | | C．usually misunderstand what others think or say | | D．always discover the unpleasant side of certain things |
小题2:The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most probably means“ .” | A．have a good taste with social life | B．make others unhappy | | C．tend to scold others openly | D．enjoy the pleasure of life |
小题3:We can conclude from the passage that__________.| A．we should pity all such unhappy people | | B．such unhappy people are dangerous to social life | | C．people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness | | D．unhappy people can not understand happy persons |
小题4:If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should_______.| A．prevent any communication with them | | B．show respect and politeness to them | | C．persuade them to recognize the bad effects | | D．quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes |
小题5:In this passage, the writer mainly __________.| A．describes two types of people | | B．laughs at the unhappy people | | C．suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness | | D．tells people how to be unhappy in life |
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Maybe it is true that we do not know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Do not expect love in return; but if it does not, be content it grows in yours.
It takes an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Do not rely on one"s appearance, it can deceive. Do not rely on wealth, even that fades away. Rely on someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others" shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people do not necessarily gave the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness waits for those who cry, those who have been hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tired, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You cannot go on well in life until you let your past failures and heartaches go off.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
小题1:The writer thinks the trouble with some people is that they __________.| A．always take a long view about problems | | B．look at problems all-sidedly | | C．can be good at doing with problems | | D．deal with problems one-sidedly |
小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．We often don"t know what we have lost until it happens. | | B．If it takes you an hour to love someone, you will easily forget her. | | C．If you give someone your love, you are sure that she will give her love to you in return. | | D．If someone accepts your love and he doesn’t give you his love in return, you should be angry with him. |
小题3:If you put yourself in another"s position, ___________.| A． you should depend on wealth | | B．you shouldn"t do those things that will hurt you and other people | | C．you will do what you want to do however dangerous it is to people | | D．you should depend on other people |
小题4:In the last paragraph of the passage, the writer is actually telling us that a man in the world should be one who __________.| A．can accept the suggestions made by others | | B．can live happily and forget the past | | C．does good for the people and is respected by them | | D．has made a lot of money for himself when he dies |
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Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really ___whether there is love between my parents. Everyday they are very busy ___ to earn money to pay the high schooling for me. They don’t act in the ___ways that I read in books or I see in on TV, and sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even_____.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(被子). I asked her if there was ___between them. She stopped her work and raised her head with____. Then she bowered her head and ____sewing the quilt. I was very ___because I thought I had hurt her. But after a few minutes, she said, “look at this thread. Sometimes it ___, but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can___ seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there, and makes the quilt____.” I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her___ the next spring.
My mother suddenly got sick seriously and had to stay in the hospital for a one-month treatment. Every morning and dusk after she___ from the hospital, my father___ my mother walking slowly on the country road. There were beautiful flowers, green grass and tress, and the sun gently shine them___ the leaves. All of these___ the most beautiful picture in the world. ___ their eyes, I know they love each other deeply. From this experience, I ___ that love was just a ___ in the quilt of our life. Love is __ making life strong and warm.
| 小题1: | | A．believe | B．hesitate | C．know | D．doubt |
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| 小题2: | | A．keeping | B．willing | C．trying | D．learning |
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| 小题3: | | A．magic | B．romantic | C．average | D．special |
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| 小题4: | | A．unsuitable | B．impolite | C．uneasy | D．impossible |
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| 小题5: | | A．difference | B．love | C．similarity | D．fight |
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| 小题6: | | A．surprise | B．anger | C．smile | D．calm |
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| 小题7: | | A．finished | B．continued | C．forgot | D．considered |
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| 小题8: | | A．excited | B．worried | C．shocked | D．disappointed |
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| 小题9: | | A．exists | B．works | C．appears | D．breaks |
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| 小题10: | | A．easily | B．hardly | C．simply | D．usually |
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| 小题11: | | A．long-lasting | B．long-dated | C．long-suffering | D．long-winded |
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| 小题12: | | A．after | B．before | C．until | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．returned | B．escaped | C．remained | D．heard |
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| 小题14: | | A．led | B．let | C．caught | D．helped |
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| 小题15: | | A．from | B．through | C．across | D．throughout |
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| 小题16: | | A．made with | B．made up | C．made into | D．made of |
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| 小题17: | | A．Reading | B．Watching | C．Seeing | D．Checking |
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| 小题18: | | A．expected | B．realized | C．noticed | D．thread |
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| 小题19: | | A．material | B．design | C．color | D．thread |
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| 小题20: | | A．everywhere | B．inside | C．anywhere | D．outside |
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There is a problem each of us faces in following advice on emotional healing: apologizing is difficult. We are trapped in what we think of ourselves by holding onto our pride. We can be selfish and not willing to admit our most obvious mistakes. Pride eats away at us as we argue or ignore the mistake.
It"s happened to me. I have had too much pride and selfishness to apologize to a loved one I hurt. When I did want to apologize, I couldn"t bring myself to face the other person. This is the pride I"m talking about. Maybe apologies come difficult for men because they"re expected to be dominant. It"s like the joke that a man never asks for directions when lost. Ladies are more emotionally open than guys and are willing to express it. Still, both genders wonder how to correctly apologize.
In shifting the focus on apologizing away from you, what does not apologizing do to other people? They feel hurt that you are not willing to communicate your mistake. They lose trust in you as you hide behind your mistake avoiding reality. They become angry with you, wondering why you do not tell them the truth. They may begin to counter your lack of apologies by not apologizing themselves and from this the relationship goes downhill as the two of you get caught in a power struggle.
You need to communicate your mistakes. A mistake you made is like a scratch and by not apologizing you are making the scratch a deeper wound and rubbing salt into it. You need to stop hurting the other person and yourself by learning to apologize. There is real power in apologizing and emotional healing.
小题1:Why are men more unwilling to make apologies?| A．They don"t intend to hurt other people. | | B．They expect others to forgive them. | | C．They don"t want to be considered weak. | | D．They aren"t good at expressing themselves. |
小题2:What bad effect will there be if you refuse to apologize for your mistakes?| A．Other people won"t pay attention to you. | | B．You will lose confidence in yourself. | | C．You won"t be forgiven even if you tell the truth. | | D．The friendship will get hurt and go worse. |
小题3:From the last paragraph, it can be inferred that .| A．communication can stop you making mistakes | | B．mistakes would turn into deeper scratches | | C．apologizing is good for you and other people | | D．apologizing is the most powerful in emotional healing |
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