We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good. We try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
小题1:As a photographer, the author used to ______.| A．leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves | | B．express his love for his family in a special way | | C．miss a great many important historical moments | | D．devote much more to his career than his family |
小题2:Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?| A．To cure his own disease. | B．To spend more time with his wife. | | C．To seek a better position. | D．To leave the wilderness alone. |
小题3:What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?| A．He treasured every bit of time with his family. | | B．He has become a stranger to his children. | | C．He takes his work more seriously. | | D．He focuses more on medical care. |
小题4:The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.| A．the snowflakes taste very good | | B．snowflakes are what they feed on | | C．they regard that as a way to enjoy life | | D．there is beautiful light in the snowflakes |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
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试题分析：文章介绍作者为了摄影忽略了家人，但是不幸的是他的妻子得了癌症，为了多陪陪她，作者放弃了摄影，癌症给作者带来的最大的改变是他珍惜和家人在一起的点滴时间，学会享受生活。
小题1:细节题：从第四段的句子：My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. 可知作者过去将更多的精力投入到工作中而不是家里，选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子;and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). 可知作者停止拍照是因为他的妻子得了癌症，他想多陪陪她，选B
小题3:细节题：从第四段的句子：But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father.可知癌症给作者带来的最大的改变是他珍惜和家人在一起的点滴时间，选A
小题4:推理题：从文章的最后一段的句子：After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.可知作者和家人一起用舌头捕捉雪花，因为他们觉得这是一种享受生活的一种方式，选C。 |
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When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may our faith. A man may the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when settles its cloud upon our heads. The one unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never him, the one that never proves or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his . And when the last of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends their ways, there by the grave will the dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
| 小题1: | | A．turn to | B．submit to | C．turn against | D．look up |
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| 小题2: | | A．brought up | B．come up | C．grown up | D．catch up |
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| 小题3: | | A．restore | B．betray | C．keep | D．strengthen |
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| 小题4: | | A．gain | B．lose | C．earn | D．donate |
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| 小题5: | | A．honor | B．favor | C．credit | D．good |
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| 小题6: | | A．shadow | B．success | C．failure | D．depression |
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| 小题7: | | A．accurately | B．deliberately | C．equally | D．absolutely |
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| 小题8: | | A．appreciates | B．envies | C．admires | D．deserts |
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| 小题9: | | A．ungrateful | B．unfortunate | C．faithful | D．considerate |
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| 小题10: | | A．poverty | B．progress | C．welfare | D．wealth |
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| 小题11: | | A．host’s | B．master’s | C．landlord’s | D．chief’s |
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| 小题12: | | A．serve | B．fetch | C．offer | D．order |
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| 小题13: | | A．only if | B．in case | C．even if | D．as if |
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| 小题14: | | A．flees | B．remains | C．ignores | D．persists |
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| 小题15: | | A．serving | B．protecting | C．spoiling | D．accompanying |
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| 小题16: | | A．enemies | B．masters | C．friends | D．acquaintances |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B．scenery | C．scene | D．view |
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| 小题18: | | A．buried | B．hung | C．thrown | D．laid |
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| 小题19: | | A．force | B．lose | C．pursue | D．find |
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| 小题20: | | A．mean | B．general | C．selfish | D．Noble |
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John Smith，an office worker，lives in Washington．He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23，but he wasn’t happy at all．When his college friends were looking for their jobs，he didn’t have to．Jack decided to living a simple life like everyone else．He gave $l0,000 of his money to a charity (慈善机构) to help poor children live a better life．Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only，but he is very happy．
Up to now John has helped some children from poor countries all over the world，by sending them each $200 a month．The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing．John receives a report each year on the children’s progress．They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English．
When John first heard about these children，he wanted to help them．“It was nothing special,” he said．“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping，I didn’t know anything about their life．” Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said that the meeting was very exciting．“When I met her．I felt very ,very happy．"he said．“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause．It brought me happiness．I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
小题1:John didn’t need to look for a job ___________.| A．before he went to college | B．after he went to Africa | | C．because he got a lot of money | D．before he received a report |
小题2:John has sent them each $200 a month to help some poor children _______．| A．near Washington | B．in European countries | | C．only in Africa | D．throughout the world |
小题3:John learned about the children’s progress by ________.| A．visiting them each year | B．getting a report every year | | C．staying with them | D．talking to them in English |
小题4:The underlined words “for a good cause ”means“________” in Chinese．小题5:What’s the main idea of the story?| A．Help others，and you will feel happy． | | B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children． | | C．Live a simple life，and you can give others help． | | D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa |
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In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn"t know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I my neck to see how successful he had been in the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson"s kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 0pen. Grandpa had only one to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn"t you?" "Yes, Grandpa, wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it"s time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
| 小题1: | | A．grown up | B．turned up | C．picked up | D．taken up |
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| 小题2: | | A．carrying | B．grabbing | C．keeping | D．holding |
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| 小题3: | | A．raised | B．spread | C．stretched | D．expanded |
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| 小题4: | | A．reaching | B．touching | C．getting | D．climbing |
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| 小题5: | | A．scene | B．sight | C．interest | D．control |
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| 小题6: | | A．thickest | B．strongest | C．tallest | D．largest |
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| 小题7: | | A．widely | B．wide | C．tightly | D．closely |
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| 小题8: | | A．method | B．hope | C．solution | D．result |
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| 小题10: | | A．sensed | B．glanced | C．watched | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．within | B．in | C．beyond | D．with |
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Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the "54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn"t have much tolerance for a stubborn 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn"t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I"m trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father"s Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It"s about loving someone more than words can say, and it"s wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
小题1:How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police? | A．Disappointed. | B．Nervous. | C．Guilty. | D．Frightened. |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.| A．kept in touch by writing each other | | B．are separated due to the generation gap | | C．have been getting along very well | | D．had a hard time understanding each other |
小题3:Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.| A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car. | | B．She had never realized his being old and weak. | | C．She didn"t expect to meet with him there. | | D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before. |
小题4:Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________| A．tell him about their conflicts | B．say sorry for her being stubborn | | C．express her gratitude to him | D．remind him of the early incident |
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Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite , having just been laid off from my job. With so many to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the . I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know.
She might have felt my for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her , “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by motivational(激励的)music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a time lately, but you’ve made me again.”
“I’m happy that I could be to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the ,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should more … lift your head up.”
I was really by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.
| 小题1: | | A．lonely | B．relaxed | C．awful | D．breathless |
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| 小题2: | | A．bills | B．fees | C．fines | D．prices |
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| 小题3: | | A．listeners | B．traffic | C．instrument | D．background |
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| 小题4: | | A．trees | B．street | C．buildings | D．crowd |
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| 小题5: | | A．shocked | B．comforted | C．excited | D．amused |
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| 小题6: | | A．courage | B．energy | C．patience | D．technique |
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| 小题7: | | A．mood | B．presence | C．thought | D．appreciation |
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| 小题9: | | A．quietly | B．deliberately | C．curiously | D．seriously |
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| 小题10: | | A．negative | B．unhealthy | C．unconscious | D．elderly |
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| 小题11: | | A．creating | B．sharing | C．enjoying | D．teaching |
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| 小题12: | | A．tense | B．wonderful | C．rough | D．crazy |
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| 小题13: | | A．enthusiastic | B．emotional | C．energetic | D．hopeful |
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| 小题14: | | A．available | B．essential | C．superior | D．helpful |
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| 小题15: | | A．sure | B．ashamed | C．particular | D．anxious |
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| 小题16: | | A．problem | B．situation | C．conflict | D．condition |
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| 小题17: | | A．success | B．opportunity | C．aid | D．happiness |
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| 小题18: | | A．concentrate | B．look | C．smile | D．fight |
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| 小题19: | | A．occupied | B．moved | C．inspired | D．satisfied |
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| 小题20: | | A．however | B．wherever | C．whoever | D．whenever |
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