I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour . I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor. A dozen passengers were their way there. I was about to join them --- when a man’s face at the light-house window.
This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and for thirty years. It was stranger still --- because I’d seen that before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and across. “I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”
I him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass motionless (静止). Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards, the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere!
I again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.”
He didn’t reply nor give any that he’d heard. I went back further, to I was in the navy. “Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he …
The motor-boat her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling . Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your , Commander!”
As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. minute it was there. Looking up, I could see the whites of the eyes. The minute it was gone.
Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
| 小题1: | | A．reached | B．arrived | C．went | D．came |
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| 小题2: | | A．voyage | B．crossing | C．travel | D．boating |
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| 小题3: | | A．sight | B．way | C．patience | D．chances |
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| 小题4: | | A．searching | B．finding | C．making | D．hurrying |
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| 小题5: | | A．placed | B．existed | C．occurred | D．appeared |
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| 小题6: | | A．locked | B．opened | C．rebuilt | D．chained |
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| 小题7: | | A．man | B．face | C．window | D．light-house |
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| 小题8: | | A．jumped | B．ran | C．shouted | D．screamed |
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| 小题9: | | A．expected | B．hoped | C．believed | D．asked |
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| 小题10: | | A．became | B．remained | C．seemed | D．grew |
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| 小题11: | | A．through | B．after | C．for | D．at |
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| 小题12: | | A．persuaded | B．repeated | C．tried | D．continued |
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| 小题13: | | A．suggestion | B．answer | C．sign | D．action |
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| 小题14: | | A．when | B．which | C．where | D．how |
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| 小题15: | | A．kept | B．brought | C．caused | D．changed |
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| 小题16: | | A．beat | B．rang | C．turned on | D．put on |
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| 小题18: | | A．problem | B．question | C．duty | D．fault |
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| 小题20: | | A．next | B．rest | C．other | D．last |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:D
小题19:C
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试题分析：作者想去Miros,去乘汽船时看到灯塔里有一张熟悉的脸.但想不起在哪儿见过，后来“我”想起他是“我”在海军时的指挥官! “我”曾经救过他,但是他已经…后来汽船开了, “我”没赶上…那艘汽船最后没有到达Miros,因为在途中它遇到了风暴,一船的乘客再也没有回来……
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. reached到达，B. arrived到达，C. went去，D. came来，摩托艇准时到了，reach是及物动词，不要介词，arrive后面没有宾语的时候，不需要介词，go后面用to，选D
小题2:考查名词辨析：A. voyage航海，B. crossing十字路口，C. travel旅行，D. boating划船，对于两个小时的横渡来说这个风不是很大，选B
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. sight 风景，视野，B. way路，方法，C. patience 耐心，D. chances机会，词组“lose sight of”看不见，从下文的an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor.可知是看不见船了，选A
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. searching寻找，B. finding发现，C. making制作，D. hurrying匆忙，make one’sway向…走去，选C
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. placed放置，B. existed存在，C. occurred发生，D. appeared出现，我刚要加入他们，这时一个男子的脸出现在灯塔的窗户上。选D
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. locked锁，B. opened 打开，C. rebuilt重建，D. chained上锁链，灯塔已经空置没有使用，被锁上30年了。选A
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. man男子，B. face面容，脸，C. window窗户，D. light-house灯塔，从前面的句子：when a man’s face at the light-house window.可知我以前见过这张脸，选B
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. jumped跳，B. ran跑，C. shouted叫喊，D. screamed尖叫，从下文“I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”可知作者打开窗户，对着这张脸大声喊，选C
小题9:考查动词辨析：A. expected期待，B. hoped 希望，C. believed相信，D. asked问，我期待他打开门回答我，选A
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. became变成，B. remained仍然，C. seemed似乎，D. grew成长，玻璃后面的脸仍然是静止的。选B
小题11:考查介词辨析：A. through通过，B. after在…后面，C. for为了，D. at在…地方，和look搭配，用at，他在看着上面的云，选D
小题12:考查动词辨析：A. persuaded说服，B. repeated重复，C. tried尝试，D. continued继续，我再次尝试，选C
小题13:考查名词辨析：A. suggestion建议，B. answer回答，C. sign标志，迹象，D. action行动，他没有回答也没有迹象表明他听见了，选C
小题14:考查连词辨析：A. when当…时候，B. which哪个，C. where哪里，D. how怎样, 我继续回忆回到我做海军的时候。选A
小题15:考查动词辨析： A. kept保持，B. brought带来，C. caused导致，D. changed改变，这个想法立刻让我想起他。Bring sb to mind“想到”，选B
小题16:考查动词辨析： A. beat击败，B. rang 响起，C. turned on打开，D. put on穿上，摩托艇的铃声响起，选B
小题17:考查副词辨析：A. up向上，B. down向下，C. in在…里面，D. out在…外面，风变大了，船还是驶出去了。选D
小题18:考查名词辨析：A. problem问题，B. question问题，C. duty职责，D. fault过失，现在我错过了船，是你的过错。选D
小题19:考查代词辨析：A. Each每个，B. Every 每个，C. One一个，D. Some一些，从上文的：As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. 可知一分钟前他还在，选C
小题20:考查形容词辨析：A. next下一个，B. rest剩余的，C. other其他的，D. last最后的，下一分钟他就消失了，选A |
核心考点
试题【I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-bo】；主要考察你对
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I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earlier , my mother was telling me“Don’t watch the when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the , so he’ll know you it. ”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) apology: It must be direct. You must never to be doing something else. You do not a pile of letters while apologizing to a person in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad .
One of the important things we should do for an apology is a readiness to the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no for the other person to us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling about themselves. That, after all, is the of every apology. It little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault. Answering for one’s encourages others to take their share of the blame.
| 小题1: | | A．provided | B．mixed | | C．compared | D．treated |
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| 小题2: | | A．dreams | B．courses | | C．memories | D．ideas |
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| 小题3: | | A．side | B．ground | | C．wall | D．bottom |
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| 小题4: | | A．mind | B．soul | | C．face | D．eye |
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| 小题5: | | A．imagine | B．enjoy | | C．mean | D．regret |
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| 小题6: | | A．useful | B．successful | | C．equal | D．basic |
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| 小题7: | | A．pretend | B．forget | | C．refuse | D．expect |
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| 小题8: | | A．hold on | B．put away | | C．look through | D．pick up |
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| 小题9: | | A．poorer | B．weaker | | C．worse | D．lower |
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| 小题10: | | A．fault | B．reason | C．result | D．duty |
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| 小题11: | | A．cruelly | B．freely | | C．roughly | D．foolishly |
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| 小题12: | | A．manners | B．excuses | | C．efforts | D．roles |
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| 小题13: | | A．active | B．effective | | C．extra | D．easy |
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| 小题14: | | A．raise | B．perform | | C．admit | D．bear |
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| 小题15: | | A．situation | B．need | | C．sign | D．room |
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| 小题16: | | A．advise | B．forgive | | C．warn | D．blame |
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| 小题17: | | A．wiser | B．warmer | | C．better | D．cleverer |
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| 小题18: | | A．purpose | B．method | | C．end | D．advantage |
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| 小题19: | | A．cares | B．matters | | C．depends | D．remains |
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| 小题20: | | A．facts | B．states | | C．rights | D．actions |
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A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age.
Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love my, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带) of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters.
Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect(智者) to which one still listens.
小题1:The writer introduces the topic of the passage by .| A．describing life experience of great writers | | B．telling his own story of reading good books | | C．presenting the best thoughts in good books | | D．comparing good books to good friends in life |
小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?| A．Readers feel sympathy for the author. | | B．Readers live together with the author. | | C．Readers and the author share the same feeling. | | D．Readers are the author’s companions and comforters. |
小题3:which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．We can learn about the great and good through books. | | B．The most important part of a man’s life is his treasures. | | C．Good books help us to know about their authors’ friends. | | D．Books are often regarded as best containers in our life. |
小题4:the passage mainly tells us that .
A. one should have some good friends
B one should read as many books as possible
C. one should keep company with good books
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That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didn’t care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it.
For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason.
However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again.
A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.
While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.
After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence.
小题1:What do we know about the author’s mother?| A．She didn’t like insects at all. | | B．She liked insects more than his father. | | C．She cared for insects very much. | | D．She could only tolerate a few insects. |
小题2:The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______. | A．cigarettes for himself | B．some poison | | C．more coffee for his wife | D．some gasoline |
小题3:The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______. | A．they were no longer useful | | B．the crickets were afraid of fires | | C．they became the home of crickets | | D．the dead crickets came back to life |
小题4:We learn from the last paragraph that ________. | A．the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets | | B．the author’s parents learned to put up with insects | | C．the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire | | D．the author’s parents got divorced |
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It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ____ I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed ____. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls ____ their souls belonged to the ____.
I stood up and walked _______the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man _____ in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he ______ answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m ____,” he said. He was chatting online and, ____, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was ______.
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ____ to speak to that computer geek （怪人），____ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was _____. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “____!”
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest.
, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines with people.
I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ____ that the coffee was bad, ____ Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
| 小题1: | | A．Before | B．Since | C．Although | D．While |
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| 小题2: | | A．pain | B．loneliness | C．sadness | D．fear |
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| 小题3: | | A．because | B．when | C．until | D．unless |
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| 小题5: | | A．beside | B．among | C．between | D．on |
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| 小题6: | | A．sleeping | B．laughing | C．sitting | D．learning |
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| 小题7: | | A．finally | B．quickly | C．patiently | D．loudly |
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| 小题8: | | A．busy | B．thirsty | C．tired | D．sick |
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| 小题9: | | A．first of all | B．just then | C．at the same time | D．by that time |
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| 小题10: | | A．surprised | B．delighted | C．moved | D．frightened |
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| 小题11: | | A．once | B．again | C．first | D．even |
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| 小题13: | | A．excited | B．respected | C．afraid | D．unhappy |
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| 小题14: | | A．Shut up | B．Enjoy yourself | C．Leave me alone | D．Help me out |
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| 小题15: | | A．From then on | B．At that moment | C．In all | D．Above all |
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| 小题16: | | A．computer | B．soul | C．shop | D．geek |
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| 小题17: | | A．tell | B．plan | C．imagine | D．design |
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| 小题18: | | A．other than | B．instead of | C．except for | D．as well as |
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| 小题19: | | A．pretend | B．understand | C．insist | D．realize |
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| 小题20: | | A．as if | B．just as | C．so that | D．even though |
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During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany’s mom.
Tiffany’s mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was annoyed with her.
Whenever I didn’t get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany’s mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say “Poor Tiffany”. I couldn’t understand her. “She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!” I thought. “She should be feeling sorry for me.”
One day, I couldn’t help saying to Mom, “Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?” I burst out crying.
My mom sat down next to me and said softly. “Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.”
I looked up at her. “What are you talking about?”
Mom said with care, “One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money, and what’s more, money can’t buy everything.”
It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.
小题1:During the author’s elementary school years, she __________. | A．wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany’s | | B．went to school with Tiffany every day | | C．usually compared her lesson with Tiffany’s | | D．sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany |
小题2:Why did the author’s mom always say “Poor Tiffany”? | A．She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor. | | B．She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author. | | C．She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother. | | D．She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany. |
小题3:What do we learn about the author’s mother? | A．She was strict and taught the author to be independent. | | B．She cared for other people’s children more than her own. | | C．She thought that life lessons were as important as money. | | D．She was so poor that she couldn’t give the author much money. |
小题4:What can we infer from the passage? | A．The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past. | | B．The author’s mother felt sorry for Tiffany. | | C．Tiffany’s mother took the author’s mother’s advice. | | D．The author is thankful to her mother now. |
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