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Sometimes people ____ themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing ____ to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a(n) ____ way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.
You start off slow. The story is beginning to ____. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment reading this tome(巨著). Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel ____ about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely—needing something to ____ the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it.
Maybe you’re ____. You’ve read tons of books before. Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren’t ____ it. Do they even write new, great works of literature anymore? Maybe it’s a once in a lifetime feeling and you’re never going to find it again.
Or something ____ could happen. Maybe this will become your new favorite book. There’s always a possibility, right? That’s the ____ of risk. You ____ your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is a new understanding and pure wonder.
How could someone possibly know you like this? Some stranger, some author, some character. It’s like they’re seeing inside your ____. This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just ____ for you to pick it up. It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not ____.”
You just want more of the story. You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author has ever ____. You wish it would never end. The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the ____ you read, wanting to savor(品味) it all. This book is now one of your favorites forever. You will always wish you could go back to ____ having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you’re better for having this close, inside you, ____ your heart and mind.
Reading a book is just like falling in love. Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
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小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:A
解析
试题分析：文章介绍读一本新书恰似坠入爱河，是场冒险。你得全身心投入进去。作者笔下的书，有好的，有不如人意的，但是从字里行间体会出作者对书的难以割舍的情义。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. contribute贡献，捐献，B. commit承诺，犯…，投入，C. subscribe 同意，订阅，D. react反应，从上文的：Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love.可知 读一本新书恰似坠入爱河，是场冒险。你得全身心投入进去。选B
小题2:考查动词辨析：A. tells告诉，B. cares关心，C. writes写，D. knows知道，从上文的：You open the pages knowing a little bit about it, maybe from the back or from a blurb（宣传信息）on the front.可知谁又知道呢？选D
小题3:考查动词辨析：A. advertise做广告，B. believe相信，C. behave 举止，D. mistake错误，有时候你会发现，人们自我推销时是一种形象，等你再深入了解后，他们又完全是另一种模样了。选A
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. attached附上，B. compared比较，C. used使用，D. related联系，有时拙作却配有出色的市场推销，attach…to…将…附在…上，选A
小题5:考查形容词辨析： A. artificial人工的，B. superficial表面（上）的，肤浅的，缺乏深度的，C. theoretical理论上的，D. confidential秘密的，机密的，表示信任的，从下文的：you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.可知故事的叙述却流于表面，阅读过半后，你方才发觉：这本书真是出乎意料地妙不可言，选B
小题6:考查动词辨析： A. repeat重复，B. change改变，C. conflict冲突，D. unfold展开，你慢慢翻页，故事开始缓慢展开，选D
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A. worried担心的，B. content满意的，C. guilty有罪的，内疚的，D. serious严肃的，从上文的：Maybe this book won’t be that great可知或许它并不是你想象中的伟大的作品，奈何半途弃读会使你觉得内疚。选C
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. fill填满，B. spare腾出，匀出，C. save拯救，攒下，D. take拿走，抑或某个酒醉或孤寂的夜晚，你又重新捡起这本书来——但只为打发时光。Fill the time“打发时光”，选A
小题9:考查动词短语辨析：A. worn out穿破，用旧，精疲力竭，B. run out用完，C. given out分发，用尽，D. made out辨认出，理解，从下文的：You’ve read tons of books before. Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren’t ____ it.可知 或许你已疲惫至极。你曾阅览无数，有些无足轻重无甚重要，选A
小题10:考查词义辨析： A. like象，B. worth值得，C. beyond超出，D. beneath在…下面，从上文的：Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading可知或许因为上次读的书索然无味（不值得读），你已暂时避开阅读时光。选B
小题11:考查形容词辨析：A. exciting 令人兴奋的，B. familiar熟悉的，C. rare罕见的，D. tough困难的，从下文的：Maybe this will become your new favorite book. 可知生活总会有令人兴奋的事发生，你也会有新的爱书。选A
小题12:考查名词辨析：A. price价格，B. beauty美丽，C. danger 危险，D. style风格，从下文的：You __48__ your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is a new understanding and pure wonder.可知这正是冒险的魅力。选B
小题13:考查名词辨析：A. balance平衡，B. waste浪费，C. harvest收获，D. invest投资，投入，你在字里行间投入时间和心思，自然便可收获新的感悟、理解与遐思。选D
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. soul灵魂，B. book书，C. body身体，D. eyes眼睛，他们似乎能看透你的心思。选A
小题15:考查动词辨析：A. asking 问，B. looking看，C. standing站，D. waiting等待，从下文的：It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not ____.”可知它陈列在某隅书店的书架上、它经人辗转，真的就像是在等你捧起翻阅，选D
小题16:考查形容词辨析：A. alone单独的，B. yourself你自己，C. busy繁忙的，D. crazy疯狂的，等着向你低语：“你不是孤单的。”选A
小题17:考查动词辨析：A. devoted投入，B. agreed同意，C. written写，D. enjoyed享受，你渴望更多故事，你继续阅读，甚至搜集这位作者写的所有作品。选C
小题18:考查形容词辨析：A. slower更慢，B. faster更快，C. more 更多，D. less更少，从下文的：wanting to savor(品味) it all.可知你也越读越慢，选 A
小题19:考查副词辨析：A. always 总是，B. ever 曾经，C. once一旦，D. never 从不，从下文的：pick it up fresh again,可知当你再次拿起书的时候，希望以前从没有读过，象新的一样，选D
小题20:考查动词辨析：A. covering覆盖，涉及，B. breaking打破，C. separating分离，D. blocking堵塞，因为内心深处的每一缕思绪被它这覆盖着，你已变得更加美好。选A
核心考点
试题【Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to ____ to it】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
"Previous research has shown that paying people more than they expect may elicit reciprocity(相互作用) in the form of greater productivity," notes Deepak Malhotra, a Harvard business-administration professor who worked on the study. What he and his colleagues found, however, was that the connection between more pay and extra effort depends on presenting the increase "as a gift—that is, as something you"ve chosen to do purely as a nice gesture, with no strings attached."
Malhotra and his team studied 267 people hired by oDesk, a global online network of freelancers, to do a one-time data-entry project for four hours. All of the new hires were people in developing countries, for whom hourly wages of $3 and $4 were higher than what they had been making in previous jobs.
The researchers split the group up into three equal parts. One group was told they would earn $3 an hour. A second group was initially hired at $3 an hour but, before they started working, they got a surprise: The budget for the project had expanded unexpectedly, they were told, and they would now be paid $4 an hour. The third group was offered $4 an hour from the start and given no increase.
Even though the second and third groups were eventually paid the same amount, the second group worked harder and produced more—about 20% more—than either of the other two. People in the second group also showed the most stamina, maintaining their focus all the way through the assigned task and performing especially well toward the end of the four hours. Interestingly, the more experienced employees in the high-performing group were the most productive of all, apparently because their previous work experience led them to appreciate the rarity of an unexpected raise.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Malhotra points out that higher pay, in and of itself, didn"t promote productivity: People who made $4 an hour from the beginning worked no harder than those who were hired at $3 and were then paid $3.
To get the most impact from their pay plans, he adds, companies might consider not only what to pay new hires, but when to pay it.
"The key thing is how you present [the reason for an increase]," he says. Doling out extra money could promote productivity most "if you make it clear that the pay raise is something you"re choosing to do just because you can. Our theory is that people will reciprocate. If you do something nice, they"ll do something nice back."
小题1:Which of the following is true about the research?
| A．None of the participants earned more than $4 an hour in previous jobs. |
| B．89 of the participants got a $1 wage raise for their high productivity. |
| C．It was so important that the budget for it was increased in the process. |
| D．Stamina shown in it was positively related to the amount of money paid. |
| A．The quality of being intelligent or clever. |
| B．The quality of doing something difficult or dangerous. |
| C．The physical or mental energy needed to do a tiring activity for a long time. |
| D．A particular method of doing an activity, usually involving practical skills. |
| A．Because they thought they were better paid than the other groups. |
| B．Because they were experienced employees from developing countries. |
| C．Because an unexpected raise reminded them of their previous work. |
| D．Because they felt they were nicely treated and tried best to repay it. |
| A．No pains, no gains. |
| B．It matters not what we give but how. |
| C．Honesty is the best policy. |
| D．Actions speak louder than words. |
Now, what have kids done? ___________B____________. Well, Anne Frank touched millions with her powerful account of the Holocaust (大屠***), Ruby Bridges helped end segregation(隔离) in the United States, and, most recently, Charlie Simpson helped to raise 120,000 pounds for Haiti on his little bike. So, as you can see evidenced by such examples, age has absolutely nothing to do with it. We are called childish so often by adults that we should abolish this age-discrimination when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
Then again, who"s to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren"t exactly what the world needs? Maybe you"ve had grand plans before, but stopped yourself, thinking: That"s impossible or that costs too much or that won"t benefit me. For better or worse, we kids aren"t hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things. ___________C____________. Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking, like my wish that no one went hungry or that everything were free kind of utopia(乌托邦). How many of you still dream like that and believe in the possibilities? Sometimes a knowledge of history and the past failures of utopian ideals can be a burden. On the other hand, we kids still dream about perfection. ___________D____________. And that"s a good thing because in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
Now, our inborn wisdom doesn"t have to be insiders" knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share. I think that adults should start learning from kids. Now, I do most of my speaking in front of an education crowd, teachers and students, and I like this analogy. It shouldn"t just be a teacher at the head of the classroom telling students to do this, do that. The students should teach their teachers. Learning between grown ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it. Now, if you don"t trust someone, you place restrictions on them, right. If I doubt my older sister"s ability to pay back the 10 percent interest I established on her last loan, I"m going to withhold her ability to get more money from me until she pays it back.
True story, by the way. Now, adults seem to have a prevalently restrictive attitude towards kids from every "don"t do that," "don"t do this" in the school handbook, to restrictions on school internet use. Kids have no, or very little, say in making the rules, when really the attitude should be reciprocal(相互的), meaning that the adult population should learn and take into account the wishes of the younger population.
Adults, you need to listen and learn from kids. The world needs opportunities for new leaders and new ideas. Kids need opportunities to lead and succeed. Are you ready to make the match?
小题1:Where should the sentence “This really bothers me.” be put in the passage?
A. In blank A. B. In blank B.
C. In blank C. D. In blank D.
小题2:What does the speaker think is the root cause why adults call kids childish?
| A．That kids like being called that way. |
| B．That adults are more irresponsible than kids. |
| C．That kids often make irrational demands. |
| D．That adults are driven by age-discrimination against kids. |
| A．Younger age. | B．Irrational thinking. |
| C．Knowledge of history. | D．Excess restrictions. |
| A．Don’t Be Childish again, Adults! |
| B．Time to Listen and Learn from Us! |
| C．Don’t Do That, Don’t Do This! |
| D．We Are Not Young Any More! |
Sixteen is a ____age，when a young man wants respect，not charity. It was 1976，and the ugly ___ of racial discrimination was ____ a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand，head down，while the store owner ___ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were ___ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was ___.We paid our debts. But before harvest，cash was short. Would the store owner ____ us?
At Davis’s store，Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk，talking to a farmer. I nodded ____ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my ____ to the cash desk，I said ____，“I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused，distrustful ___.But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure，” he said ___.“Your daddy is ___ good for it.” He ___ to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”
The farmer nodded in a neighborly __.I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had ____ brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to ___ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself ____ much to do wrong.
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Recently I understood the true meaning of love. That would have been, Kane, a boy. Kane was the two-year-old son of Joline, my new neighbor, who moved here from California.
Kane was born with hard sticks for . And on that morning I the effect that Kane’s physical had on his family. But I also witnessed so much that.
I saw an extraordinary family that embraced this special child, a family that wouldn"t allow Kane to know he was . Joline had constructed a small cart just a few inches the floor for his son to get around. Using his hands to move about, the cart Kane to “go to” any place just as else was able to do. Kane was more than just a member of the family, he was the .
Much later in my life, I came to that God had sent this child to help some of us who just weren’t getting what was all about. Even with my limited capacity for understanding at that time I knew that Kane was a developed spirit with great wisdom.
Kane demanded attention, not because of his mobility challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no or shortcomings. The truth is that he received because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.
Kane was and is lots of warm and powerful energy to us all so we might learn that ： Love surpasses all things. If you met this kid, you’d want him for a friend he was with so much to .
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It seemed ridiculous．On a practical level，there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon．More importantly，I wouldn’t want to．I’m not sure where I’ll be living in two years，or what kind of job I’ll have．And I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place．
So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents．When our parents were our age，they’d got their education，chosen a career，and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives．
My friends and I--“Generation Y”--still aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives．Whatever we end up doing，we want to make sure we’re happy doing it．We’d rather take risks first，try out different jobs，and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place．We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account．
This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”(自大的), “impatient”, and “overprotected”．Some of these complaints have a point．As children, we were encouraged to succeed in school，but also to have fun．We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cell phones，the Internet，instant messaging，and video games．
Our parents looked to rise vertically(垂直的)--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. That doesn’t apply to my generation.
Because of that, it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire to find satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents’ generation did.
小题1:When the author walked through her parents’ house，she _______.
| A．had no idea what she wanted from life |
| B．realized I should buy a house |
| C．started to think about her own life |
| D．wondered why her parents had settled down early |
| A．Their attitude toward responsibility． |
| B．Their ways of making their way to the top． |
| C．Their ways of gaining experience． |
| D．Their attitude towards high technology． |
| A．It’s better to take adult responsibility earlier． |
| B． It’s all right to try more before settling down． |
| C．It involves too much effort to rise vertically． |
| D．It’s ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”. |
| A．The sudden realization of growing up. |
| B．Criticisms of the young generation. |
| C．A comparison between lifestyles of generations. |
| D．The factors that have changed the young generation. |
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