Growing older is unavoidable while growing up is optional. These words have been passed on in the loving __ of Rose.
On the first day of school our professor challenged us to get to know someone, so I __ to find a little old lady looking at me with a smile. She said， "Hi,handsome! My name is Rose. I"m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a _? " I laughed and _ responded, then followed a giant squeeze. “_ are you in college at such an innocent age?” I asked. "I"m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids..." I was __ what it was that motivated her to be taking on this _ at her age. “ I always dreamed of having a college education and now I _ it!” Later, we became friends.
Rose became a campus celebrity and she easily made friends _ she went. On one _ Rose was invited to speak at our football banquet. Her prepared cards dropped before she _ the speech. A little _ , she simply _ her throat and began," We do not stop playing _ we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are certain secrets to stay _ , being happy and achieving success. You"ve got to have a dream. When you _ your dreams, you die.”…
At the end of the year Rose finished her college education. One week after graduation Rose died _ in her sleep. Over two thousand college students _ her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by __ that it"s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
Anybody can grow older, which doesn"t _ any talent or ability. The key is to grow up by always finding opportunities in change.
| 小题1: | | A．care | B． memory | C． need | D． want |
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| 小题2: | | A．turned up | B． turned over | C． turned around | D． turned away |
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| 小题3: | | A．hug | B． kiss | C． hand | D． gift |
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| 小题4: | | A．annoyingly | B． impatiently | C． absently | D． enthusiastically |
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| 小题6: | | A．curious | B． positive | C． obvious | D． convinced |
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| 小题7: | | A．risk | B． opportunity | C． challenge | D． invitation |
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| 小题8: | | A．like | B． take | C． hold | D． make |
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| 小题9: | | A．however | B． whenever | C． wherever | D． whatever |
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| 小题10: | | A． stage | B． occasion | C． time | D． event |
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| 小题11: | | A． remembered | B． continued | C． delivered | D． wrote |
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| 小题12: | | A． delighted | B． embarrassed | C． fascinated | D． frightened |
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| 小题13: | | A． cleared | B． checked | C． cleaned | D． treated |
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| 小题14: | | A． until | B． before | C． when | D． because |
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| 小题15: | | A． energetic | B． young | C． alive | D． healthy |
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| 小题16: | | A． lose | B． realize | C． pursue | D． obtain |
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| 小题17: | | A． secretly | B． sadly | C． peacefully | D． bitterly |
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| 小题18: | | A．joined | B． ignored | C． cancelled | D． attended |
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| 小题19: | | A．example | B． directions | C． speech | D． personality |
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| 小题20: | | A． gain | B． explore | C． take | D． appeal |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:C |
试题分析：本文通过作者讲述一位87岁，仍然坚持上大学来完成自己梦想的老人的事例告诉我们长大是不可避免的，成长中的改变可选择的，人生有梦想，只要我们尽力去做，无论从什么时候开始都不会晚。
小题1:考查名词。Care关心；memory回忆；need需求；want需要。阅读全文可知Rose已经去世了，因此是作者的回忆。故选B。
小题2:考查词组。turned up出现；turned over移交给；turned around反转方向；turned away避开。根据句意：在开学的第一天我们的教授要求我们去了解一个人,所以我转过身,发现一个小老太太微笑着看着我。故选C。
小题3:考查名词。Hug拥抱；kiss亲吻；hand手；gift礼物。根据下文“ a giant squeeze”巨大的挤压，可知只有用力的拥抱才会有这样的效果。故选A。
小题4:考查副词。Annoyingly恼人地；impatiently无耐性地；absently心不在焉地；enthusiastically满腔热情地。根据下文那么用力的拥抱，可知是很热情地回应，故选D。
小题5:考查疑问词。根据下文回答上学的目的，可知此处是在问上学的原因。故选B。
小题6:考查形容。Curious好奇的；positive积极的；obvious明显的；convinced确信的。上文中介绍了老妇人87岁了，作者很好奇她这么大岁数为什么还要来上学。故选A。
小题7:考查名词。Risk冒险；opportunity机会；challenge挑战；invitation邀请。根据常识可知87岁上大学是一种挑战。故选C。
小题8:考查动词。Like喜欢；take拿；hold握；make制作。根据句意：我一直梦想着上大学,现在我做到了!Make it（口语）达到预期目的，获得成功的意思。故选D。
小题9:考查连词。However无论如何；whenever什么时候；wherever什么地方；whatever无论什么。根据句意：她无论到哪都能交到朋友。故选C。
小题10:考查名词。Stage舞台；occasion时机；time时间；event事件。根据句意：有一次Rose被邀请在足球宴会上讲话。四选项中只有B项符合语境。故选B。
小题11:考查动词。Remembered记得；continued继续；delivered发表；wrote写。根据句意：在她演讲前准备的卡片掉了。deliver a speech发表讲话。故选C。
小题12:考查形容词。Delighted高兴的；embarrassed尴尬的；fascinated着迷的；frightened害怕的。根据常识可知，在讲话前演讲稿掉了是件很尴尬的事情。故选B。
小题13:考查动词。Cleared清除；checked检查；cleaned把...弄干净；treated对待。根据句意：有点尴尬,她简单地清了清嗓子,开始讲话。A、C两项都有弄干净的意思，clear 主要侧重于把大的或大多数东西清理掉，clean 主要侧重于在clear的基础上再精细地擦拭干净，由句意可知只是简单清清嗓子。故选A。
小题14:考查连词。Until直到...时候；before在...以前；when当...时候；because因为。跟据句意：我们不是因为变老才停止了玩乐，而是因为停止了玩乐才开始变老。故选D。
小题15:考查形容词。Energetic精力充沛的；young年轻的；alive活着的；healthy健康的。根据句意：确有秘密能够使你永远年轻，保持快乐和获得成功。故选B。
小题16:考查动词。Lose失去；realize认识；pursue继续；obtain获得。根据常识可知人没有梦想，会变得死气沉沉。故选A。
小题17:考查形容词。Secretly秘密地；sadly伤心地；peacefully平静地；bitterly苦涩地。根据上下文可知Rose在毕业后一周去世了，完成了她的心愿，因此C更符合语境。故选C。
小题18:考查动词。Joined加入；ignored忽视；cancelled取消；attended参加。根据句意：超过两千名大学生参加了她的葬礼来纪念这位女士，她以自己为例教会了我们只要我们尽力去做，永远都不会太晚。join指加入某个党派，团体组织等，成为其成员之一，意为：“参军、入团、入党”等,attend是正式用语，及物动词，指参加会议，婚礼，葬礼，典礼；去上课，上学，听报告等。故选D。
小题19:考查名词。Example例子；directions方向；speech演讲；personality个性。根据全文内容可知这位老夫人诠释了只要我们尽力去做，永远都不会太晚的意义。故选A。:学
小题20:考查动词。Gain获得；explore探索；take拿；appeal申诉。根据句意：每一个人都会长大,不需要任何天赋和能力。故选C。 |
核心考点
试题【Growing older is unavoidable while growing up is optional. These words have been】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I moved from Chicago to Brooklyn in July of 2010，just in time to watch my mother die. Our parents were both gone now； I took with me as many things they had left behind as I could.
I was out walking one Saturday later that summer when something caught my eye - a pale green dress. Laid out on the pavement was stuff like earrings, glass candle-holders, books. Hanging on the fence behind were a few pairs of jeans and a green cotton dress.
The woman, the host o£ the stoop (门廊）sale, looked like she was getting rid of a past she didn’t need or want. A dress that was too big for her. A chest of drawers that took up too much space, space she needed, maybe, to heal ，recover, or grow.
I wasn’t planning on buying anything really, but now I needed to show her that I appreciated her things and I would give them a safe home. Then I had my first stoop sale —I paid her 20 dollars for her green cotton dress and her blue candle-holder,
From that day on, I became interested in stoop sales. Some of my favorite things are from someone else’s life. I find no joy in shopping at regular stores any more. I love trying to sniff out a memory from a bud vase or a drawer. It is comforting to know that someone has breathed and laughed inside a sweater before me.
A few weeks ago, I carried my mother’s dresses to a friend’s stoop. These were her best items ，which were once worn by the most important person in my life. For many hours, I watched from across the path people advancing the stoop, some leaving with Mom1S dress. I used to think that her stuff was as forever sacred (神圣的）as my memory of her, I know now that once I love a scarf or shirt too dearly，it needs to find a new home. Even that green dress is long gone by now.
小题1:The author took her mother*s dresses after her death because ______| A．she valued the things used by her mom | | B．she didn’t want to throw them, away | | C． she could sell them later | | D． they were her mom’s best items |
小题2:From the passage, we know that ______.| A． the things the author bought from the woman are too big | | B． the author is fond of imagining others’ life experiences | | C． the author will never shop at regular stores any more | | D． the author still keeps most of her mom’s things |
小题3:In the last paragraph ，the author tries to tell us that ______.
A her mom is the number one person in her life
B. she didn’t really want to sell her mom’s dresses
C. she still thinks of her mother quite often
D. love doesn’t mean holding on to something tightly
小题4:It can be inferred that the author will ______.| A． not sell her own things at stoop sales | | B．keep her mom in her mind in another way | | C． be sad about all the memory of her mom | | D． move to another city for a new life |
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My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and . All the students were working a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no of stopping. I walked down the row and found was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on I noticed she too was busy writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” I felt it best not to .
After another ten minutes, the students were to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoebox. Then Donna hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy (悼词). “Friends, we gathered here today to the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in . Amen!”
She turned the students and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student and said, “I Can’t,” Donna pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
| 小题1: | | A．job | B．project | C．observation | D．course |
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| 小题2: | | A．checked | B．noticed | C．watched | D．waited |
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| 小题4: | | A．scenes | B．senses | C．marks | D．signs |
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| 小题5: | | A．nobody | B．somebody | C．everyone | D．anyone |
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| 小题6: | | A．curiosity | B．suspect | C．sympathy | D．worry |
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| 小题8: | | A．insert | B．interrupt | C．talk | D．request |
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| 小题9: | | A．taught | B．shown | C．forced | D．instructed |
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| 小题10: | | A．added | B．wrote | C．made | D．folded |
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| 小题12: | | A．back | B．bottom | C．top | D．edge |
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| 小题13: | | A．drop | B．raise | C．fall | D．lift |
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| 小题14: | | A．keep | B．thank | C．forgive | D．honor |
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| 小题15: | | A．remembered | B．punished | C．removed | D．replaced |
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| 小题16: | | A．silence | B．heart | C．peace | D．memory |
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| 小题18: | | A．birth | B．passing | C．loss | D．starting |
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| 小题19: | | A．awoke | B．reminded | C．forgot | D．apologized |
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| 小题20: | | A．simply | B．hardly | C．seriously | D．angrily |
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Some time ago，I was diagnosed with breast cancer and reacted in the way most people would.The first thing came to mind was a “death sentence”. However，I found out later it was truly “an awakening” for me，especially after being diagnosed with colon cancer a few years later，but still alive to tell about them both.I began to question God.Why was I chosen to suffer this double challenge？What had I done in life so bad to have this placed upon me？I was unhappy with the way I look and the intolerant pain I had to experience each day，but instead of sighing over my fate，I decided to look on the positive sides of it.
I knew that I was about to face a new beginning，new hope，do and see more with a whole new perspective on life.I also began thinking of the individuals that are no longer among us and how there will always be someone worse off than I am.Who am I to complain？I still have my life.
During my treatments，I experienced something of a miracle that I had to write down.I took that experience and turned it into a poem and I called it “Peace”．I took that poem along with many others I had composed during my breast cancer period and submitted them for publication.The book of poems was accepted and published under the title “True Simple Poems of Life，Faith and Survival”．
I continue to write and hope that my poetry may encourage other unfortunate people and my writing continues to give me strength.I"ve had another inspirational children"s book published called “If Only I Could Fly，Said Mattiebee”．
I would never have become a writer，producing inspirational stories，if I had not gone through all that I did.I"m a true example that you can survive cancer，not once，but twice，providing that you catch it in time.It won"t all be easy，but you must have faith and allow that faith to direct your path.
I truly believe when you survive a terrible tragedy or a horrible disease like cancer，it"s for a reason—you have a purpose，and I want to live and find out exactly what that is for me.
小题1:How did the author feel about her disease at first?| A．Optimistic. | B．Pessimistic. | | C．Confident. | D．Discontented. |
小题2:When did the author begin to notice the positive sides of her tragedy?| A．After she was diagnosed with colon cancer. | | B．After she was diagnosed with breast cancer. | | C．After she wrote her first poem. | | D．After she became a writer. |
小题3:In the author"s opinion，________.| A．no one is luckier than her | | B．God doesn"t treat everyone fairly | | C．writing poetry is the best way to deal with cancer | | D．being alive is lucky for her |
小题4:We can know from the passage that ________.| A．the author developed breast cancer a few years after colon cancer | | B．writing only helped the author alone | | C．the author wrote stories as well as poems | | D．If Only I Could Fly，Said Mattiebee is a poem |
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(2013·东北三省四市联合诊断考试)I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book.I just wanted to see how it ended ____ I was still in the middle of it. This habit ____ first my mom，then my friends, and ____ even my own daughter. Often my ____ wouldn"t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were ____ as well.Then one day my daughter told me in anger, “Dad, please just read a book one ___ at a time like everyone else！”
At times I didn"t ___ this bad habit to just books either.I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and ____ out what to do months and even years from now ____ enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the ____ of my life wasn"t done yet and that I had many pages ___ to go, I still couldn"t control my burning desire to write the ____ of it halfway through.Time and again, I would ____ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. Life，____，doesn"t work like that.It loves to ____ us，and you never know what new problems, changes, or opportunities each new day will ____.
Recently when I found myself living in the ____ again，I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a time”. When I heard those words, I ____，turned the book of my life back to the ____ page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to ____ the book of life line by line，moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
| 小题1: | | A．since | B．for | C．while | D．because |
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| 小题2: | | A．confused | B．annoyed | C．delighted | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题3: | | A．usually | B．obviously | C．accidentally | D．finally |
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| 小题4: | | A．impatience | B．misunderstanding | C．disappointment | D．disagreement |
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| 小题5: | | A．saying | B．reading | C．doing | D．watching |
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| 小题6: | | A．page | B．copy | C．chapter | D．edition |
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| 小题7: | | A．contribute | B．devote | C．apply | D．limit |
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| 小题8: | | A．try | B．figure | C．let | D．turn |
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| 小题9: | | A．on the part of | B．other than | C．instead of | D．on the basis of |
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| 小题10: | | A．book | B．river | C．picture | D．play |
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| 小题11: | | A．forgotten | B．left | C．kept | D．regretted |
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| 小题12: | | A．feelings | B．beginning | C．ending | D．comments |
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| 小题13: | | A．consciously | B．strangely | C．foolishly | D．critically |
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| 小题14: | | A．otherwise | B．moreover | C．therefore | D．however |
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| 小题15: | | A．surprise | B．cheat | C．satisfy | D．frighten |
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| 小题16: | | A．make | B．bring | C．take | D．award |
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| 小题17: | | A．present | B．future | C．memory | D．dream |
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| 小题18: | | A．cheered | B．cried | C．lost | D．smiled |
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| 小题19: | | A．exciting | B．hopeful | C．favorite | D．right |
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One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you"d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, “I don"t want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker.Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.
Does anyone stop any more? I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois"s famous line：“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the goodwill of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him，carry him down the road?
The idea intrigued me.
The week I turned 37，I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina，a symbol of all the fears I"d have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles：“America”．
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states.As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people"s readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.
小题1:Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?| A．Because he failed to notice this man. | | B．Because he was driving too fast. | | C．Because he thought the young man didn"t need help. | | D．Because he was afraid of being tricked. |
小题2:What was it that made the author upset?| A．Leaving the young man alone in the desert. | | B．Being considered a fool. | | C．Making the decision of not offering help so easily. | | D．Keeping thinking about the young man. |
小题3:The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.| A．find out how long he could survive without help | | B．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment | | C．find out whether strangers would offer help to him | | D．figure out how strangers thought of his plan |
小题4:In the passage，the author described his journey as a gamble because ________.| A．he was not so sure of the outlook of the journey | | B．he had no money to give to strangers | | C．he was sure of the coming sufferings | | D．he wasn"t sure whether to make the journey |
小题5:The following part might probably ________.| A．describe how he fooled strangers | | B．describe how strangers went out of their way to help him | | C．explain why people refused to help strangers | | D．explain how he overcame his difficulties on the way |
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