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As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.
I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy"s imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.
Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn"t know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.
Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.
Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn"t seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren"t at all interested in philosophy. I didn"t stop reading, you can"t avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.
My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It"s on a desk in front of a working chair and I can"t see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it"s nice to have it on while I"m typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.
Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I"m reading about six at the same time. I don"t want to be any of the characters. I don"t care if a thousand people have already read them. I don"t have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they"ve been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.
小题1:The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.
A.he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so
B.he was still too young to understand other books
C.he believed all the real historical figures were his friends
D.he could imagine himself being the characters in the books
小题2:“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.
A.a library intended for teenagersB.a kind of books on traditions
C.a philosophy theoryD.a kind of reading skill
小题3:The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.
A.he found watching TV was more interesting
B.he became too busy to read any books
C.he found books were of little use to his work
D.he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents
小题4:Now the writer starts to read books again ________.
A.to find back his youth in booksB.for the pure pleasure of reading
C.so as to help kill his spare timeD.for only business purposes
小题5:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.The Years with BooksB.Books and TV Programs
C.Don’t Judge a Book by Its CoverD.Reading Makes One Excellent

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:本文主要讲述的是我多年以来阅读的心路历程,从小时候到大学再到大学以后工作了,曾经有一段时间放弃了阅读,最后又重新拿起课本进行阅读的过程。
小题1:D 推理题。根据第二段1,2行I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves.后半句中我们有足够的时间去做White Fang, Robinson Crusoe。说明他把自己想象成了文学作品中的角色。故D正确。
小题2:C 推理题。根据本句Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of 以及最后一段2,3行You had to travel about and speak to people who weren"t at all interested in philosophy. 可知post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism.可知post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism.都是一些深奥的哲学理论,故C正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章最后一段1,2行Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn"t seem to be much in books that would actually get things done.可知很多的书在我的工作以后都没有用了。所以我也就不读这些书了。故C正确。
小题4:B 推理题。根据文章倒数3行There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they"ve been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.可知我实际上喜欢的是拿起书阅读的快乐。故B正确。
小题5:A 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是我多年以来阅读的心路历程,从小时候到大学再到大学以后工作了,曾经有一段时间放弃了阅读,最后又重新拿起课本进行阅读的过程。故A正确。
点评:本文主要讲述的是我多年以来阅读的心路历程,本文要求考生在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上,把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思,从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索,这是推理的前提和基础;要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工,由表入里,由浅入深,从具体到抽象,从非凡到一般,通过分析、综合、判定等,进行深层处理,符合逻辑地推理。不能就是论事,断章取义,以偏概全。要忠实于原文,以文章提供的事实和线索为依据。
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When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to__36__ water to the runners, I remember being so __37__ to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I __38__ up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an __39 _. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. __40__ , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining(起决定性作用的)__ 41__ .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt __42__ because I was 15 years old, younger than him but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt __43_ for a second.
But then I __44__ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had__45_ abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my _46_ was only to finish.
After a minute, it_47__ me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself at that moment. I turned my embarrassment into __48__ .
I __49__ that I would not give up running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare __50__ and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my __51 __.
In life we all have those moments when we __52__ ourselves with others. It’s only__53 .__ Don’t allow those moments to __54___ you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to __55__ anything you want in life.
小题1:
A.bring outB.pass out C.take outD.pick out
小题2:
A.excitedB.worriedC.concernedD.anxious
小题3:A gave B. made    C. signed          D. dressed
小题4:
A.achievementB.encouragementC.interestD.experience
小题5:
A.At timesB.In timeC.In allD.At all
小题6:
A.victoryB.decisionC.momentD.conclusion
小题7:
A.embarrassedB.annoyedC.movedD.thrilled
小题8:
A.relaxedB.defeatedC.puzzledD.inspired
小题9:
A.realizedB.lostC.noticedD.remembered
小题10:
A.necessary B.evidentC.commonD.different
小题11:
A.mottoB.planC.goalD.direction
小题12:
A.worriedB.hitC.reachedD.hurt
小题13:
A.attractionB.devotionC.expectationD.inspiration
小题14:
A.hopedB.promisedC.decidedD.suggested
小题15:
A.slightlyB.hardlyC.clearlyD.properly
小题16:
A.excitementB.accomplishment C.movementD.judgment
小题17:
A.introduceB.relateC.presentD.compare
小题18:
A.importantB.naturalC.strangeD.ridiculous
小题19:
A.weakenB.woundC.amuseD.cheer
小题20:
A.prevent B.deliverC.achieveD.abandon

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It was a quiet morning during the war. In a small valley, there was a little wooden building, which was an orphanage (孤儿院) that__16__ many young children who had lost their ___17__ in the war. Suddenly, a shell (炮弹) __18__ on the top of the orphanage’s building. Many children were ___19__. One little girl was badly hurt and bleeding. A runner was at once sent to  __20__medical help.
When the doctor arrived, he_21_ that the girl’s greatest need at the moment was blood. He immediately checked the records in the__22__ to find someone who had the same blood type as the girl’s. A nurse soon __23__the children that had the same blood type together and asked who would be __24__ to donate blood to the girl. The children looked shocked, and no one said a word. Again with __25____ eyes, the doctor pleaded (恳求). __26__ a boy slowly raised his hand.
When the doctor injected the needle, the boy began to cry. The doctor tried to _27__ him, but in vain. Even when the needle was _28__ , the little boy was still crying. After the blood was given to the wounded girl, her___29__ got better. Then the doctor came to the boy, "Does it hurt?" "No, but I was afraid of dying." The doctor was __30_! "Why did you think you would die? "With __31_ in his eyes the boy replied, "Because I thought you would take all of my __32__ to save her! "The doctor didn’t know what to say! Then he asked, "__33_you thought you were going to die, why did you__34__to give her your blood?" With tears streaming down, he said in a___35__ voice, "Because she is my friend and I love her." There is no greater love in the world!
小题1:
A.storedB.hidC.gainedD.housed
小题2:
A.neighborsB.friendsC.parentsD.teachers
小题3:
A.fellB.appearedC.jumpedD.flew
小题4:
A.ruinedB.woundedC.harmedD.lost
小题5:
A.operate onB.take overC.get aroundD.ask for
小题6:
A.introducedB.realizedC.predictedD.promised
小题7:
A.orphanageB.hospitalC.schoolD.store
小题8:
A.recognizedB.turnedC.gatheredD.assumed
小题9:
A.valuableB.willingC.regrettableD.useful
小题10:
A.anxiousB.curiousC.delightfulD.surprising
小题11:
A.immediatelyB.happilyC.finallyD.probably
小题12:
A.stopB.comfortC.interruptD.support
小题13:
A.disappearedB.PulledC.RemovedD.finished
小题14:
A.functionB.occasionC.positionD.condition
小题15:
A.shockedB.frightenedC.pleasedD.worried
小题16:
A.smilesB.puzzleC.hopeD.tears
小题17:
A.energyB.healthC.moneyD.blood
小题18:
A.IfB.SinceC.ThoughD.Unless
小题19:
A.expectB.wishC.agreeD.permit
小题20:
A.softB.strangeC.tiredD.embarrassed

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One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I   21  the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked   22  the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around two years old,   23  freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short   24 . The boy had a big smile on his face   25  he had just been set free from some sort of   26 . The boy would then fall to the grass,   27 , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could again, still with a   28  on his face.   
Kids, when they fall down, don"t view their falling down as failure, but   29 , they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they   30 . While I was touched by the boy"s persistence, I was   31  touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so   32  and so natural — no signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. His only   33  was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a   34  — just being himself—being completely in the moment. He was not looking for   35  or was not worrying about whether   36  was watching. He didn"t seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him   37  and that it would be   38  if he did fall. No, all that   39  to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that   40  and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits(追求) in life.
小题1:
A.droveB.startedC.parkedD.broke
小题2:
A.outsideB.downC.towardD.over
小题3:
A.playingB.smilingC.rollingD.running
小题4:
A.wayB.lengthC.timeD.distance
小题5:
A.even ifB.as ifC.so long asD.now that
小题6:
A.parkB.caveC.prisonD.castle
小题7:
A.get upB.take upC.break downD.lie down
小题8:
A.tearB.smileC.pleasureD.surprise
小题9:
A.howeverB.insteadC.thereforeD.anyhow
小题10:
A.stopB.winC.achieveD.succeed
小题11:
A.luckily B.apparentlyC.actuallyD.equally
小题12:
A.confidentB.joyfulC.quietD.proud
小题13:
A.worryB.dreamC.aimD.hope
小题14:
A.boyB.childC.player D.winner
小题15:
A.chance B.fortuneC.approvalD.trouble
小题16:
A.someoneB.anyoneC.everyoneD.one
小题17:
A.failB.runC.fallD.cry
小题18:
A.embarrassingB.disappointingC.frighteningD.amusing
小题19:
A.happenedB.contributedC.relatedD.mattered
小题20:
A.discoveryB.observationC.storyD.incident

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I have this old clock that belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me years ago after mom passed away.
I have mixed feelings about having the clock. I love it because it was my mom’s, but it also holds some bad memories.
You see, it chimes. It counts out the hour and rings once on the half hour. Or at least it used to. Now you never know what number it will ring.
When my mother was at home dying from cancer, she asked for the clock to be unplugged. Hearing the hours count down really angered and frightened her.
Mom passed away. I decided I wanted to get the clock fixed so I could remember the good hours we had with her.
I took it to a local clock shop the other day.
“I know this has no particular value as a clock, but it was my mom’s and I need to get it fixed,” I said to the shop owner.
I went on to describe the problem.
“We get a lot of these in,” he told me. “Here’s what I do. We remove the clock works (机件) and replace it with a battery-operated movement (机芯) that chimes electronically,” he told me.
“You can’t fix this?”
“No, we don’t have the time nor the parts.”
I thanked him and went home. I called a few other places and was told the same thing.
“How incredibly sad,” I told the last one disappointedly.
How incredibly sad that we have become a society that replaces craftsmanship with convenience and easy fixes. We copy the original instead of creating something new. We duplicate (复制); we don’t originate (发明).
Sadly, the same goes for our attitude to life itself.
Each of us is an original, one of a kind. But we find it so much easier to copy another style than to develop our own.
We are wannabes (崇拜别人的人) rather than hey-world-look-at-mes.
We fail to see the real value in who we are, so we spend our lives trying to be someone else.
小题1: Why did the author decide to get the clock fixed?
A.Because it was a really old and valuable clock.
B.Because it was the only thing that her mother had left her.
C.Because it brought her memories of being with her mother.
D.Because it left the author with mixed feelings.
小题2: What did the clock shop owners tell the author?
A.The parts that the clock needed were electronic.
B.It would cost a lot to repair the clock.
C.They had never repaired a clock like this before.
D.They could only make the clock electronic.
小题3: The author intends to ________.
A.criticize the irresponsible clock shop owners
B.criticize people who do not value things with a history
C.criticize people who do not have a creative attitude toward life
D.criticize people’s ignorance of traditional craftsmanship

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It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance,   41   for the train to take me to my   42  in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves,  43  their steaming cups of coffee.
Reaching into my pocket as the  44  was getting close, my hand searched for the $ 20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was 45 ! I searched through my bag and then I felt  46 . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I’d be  47 there. “What’s the matter?” A short, elderly man stood before me. “Oh, nothing…. Well, I  48   my money and now I can’t pay for the ticket. I’m going to  49   my match class, and the train is leaving.”
“Here, use this.” The man held a $ 20 bill. I looked up,  5 0 . People just didn’t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their own  51 , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers. “Thank you, but no, I can’t.”
 52  it – go!” The man pushed me  53  the train.  I bought a round – trip ticket, and he refused the change I  54 to give him back. I did not know what to say – a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood   55  .
For the train ride I was wordless. I began to see the world through  56 eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple  57  .
A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra 20$  58  I saw the man. And there he was. “Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this.” I  59  the money into his hand. Failing to refuse, he said, “Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday.” I smiled, content.
The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a   60  stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness.
小题1:
A.watchingB.lookingC.reachingD.arranging
小题2:
A.homeB.classC.officeD.factory
小题3:
A.servingB.carryingC.mindingD.making
小题4:
A.chanceB.crowdC.driverD.train
小题5:
A.deepB.emptyC.messyD.tight
小题6:
A.hopelessB.uselessC.relievedD.dissatisfied
小题7:
A.blocked B.drawnC.stuckD.tied
小题8:
A.wastedB.countedC.spentD.lost
小题9:
A.missB.skipC.fail D.stop
小题10:
A.frightenedB.disturbedC.surprisedD.concerned
小题11:
A.problemsB.complaintsC.positionsD.challenges
小题12:
A.BringB.Get C.CatchD.Take
小题13:
A.in B.beyondC.towardD.on
小题14:
A.offeredB.managed C.happened D.attempted
小题15:
A.nervouslyB.silentlyC.seriouslyD.uncomfortably
小题16:
A.curiousB.changedC.brightD.widened
小题17:
A.taskB.act C.exampleD.performance
小题18:
A.so thatB.even ifC.now that D.in case
小题19:
A.droppedB.pushedC.pressedD.threw
小题20:
A.giving B.encouraging C.promisingD.respecting

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