I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here"s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空闲), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
小题1:The best title of this passage probably is________. | A．Love your friends | B．Live a real life | | C．Don"t waste time | D．Be a good mother and wife |
小题2:The underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph probably has the same meaning as________.| A．it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life | | B．it is very hard to live a real life | | C．it is so easy to make a living | | D．it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life |
小题3:What"s the author"s attitude toward work?| A．Do it well to serve others. | | B．To earn enough money to make life better. | | C．Try your best to get higher position and pay. | | D．Don"t let it affect your real life. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that_________. | A．the author is a success in personal life | | B．the author didn"t try her best to work well | | C．the author spent all her time caring for her children | | D．the author likes traveling very much |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
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试题分析：本文论述了作者认为一个真正的生活,而不是***的未来晋升(提升),更大的薪水和更大的房子。作者的人生观是要快乐的生活。
小题1:标题归纳题。根据综观全文可知本文主要谈及的是过一种实实在在的生活，故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。本句意为：生存容易，过真正的生活并不容易。在作者看来，人们往往只顾谋生而活着，并非过着真正的生活。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第一段I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent（我从不让工作影响自己做一个好母亲），可知选D。
小题4:推理判断题。根据全文尤其是第二段可知，作者在个人生活方面是一个成功者。B、C两项所述与原文不符；作者热爱生活这一旅程，并非指普通意义上的旅程，故D项错。故选A。
点评：标题是文章中心思想的精炼表达，多为词组或短语，涵盖性强。做这类题目时，要在阅读全文的基础上，以文章话题为核心，通过比较选项的概括性或 覆盖面，得出正确的标题。正确标题的归纳范围要恰如其分，避免过于具体或断章取义。错误的干扰往往是局部信息，以事实细节替代概括大意。 |
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Recently, one of my best friends, whom I"ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago，we"ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other selfdestructive（自我毁灭的） behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn"t want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn"t believe me. Her selfrespect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn"t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang out with a group of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left，I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating，I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn"t. I put the power of friendship to the final test. We"d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
小题1:In the writer"s opinion，her friend ________.| A．was a girl with no selfrespect | | B．could find a better boyfriend | | C．was brave enough to stick to her own choice | | D．didn"t value the writer"s suggestion |
小题2:What did the writer worry about?| A．She would lose the friendship with her. | | B．Her friend"s parents would be worried about their daughter. | | C．Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy. | | D．Her friend"s boyfriend would be in great trouble. |
小题3:We may learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer________.| A．didn"t want to go anywhere else | | B．understood her friend"s hanging with her boyfriend | | C．couldn"t believe that her friend"s choice was acceptable | | D．doubted that she could in any way help her friend |
小题4:What can be concluded from the passage?| A．Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable. | | B．Friendship is a cure for any injury in life. | | C．Friendship should be everlasting once begun. | | D．Friendship can have magical power in life. |
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From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 1 a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a 2 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 3 for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they 4 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 5 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 6 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 7 them but I still needed to write them, I 8 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 9 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 10 two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and 11 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 12 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 13 happy to have Marc back. Since I was 14 making lunch for his younger brother, I 15 one for Marc, too. Imagine my 16 when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, 17 his lunch.
“Did I do something 18 ? Don’t you love me 19 ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 20 asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
| 小题1: | | A．carried | B．found | C．included | D．held |
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| 小题2: | | A．difficult | B．special | C．comfortable | D．separate |
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| 小题3: | | A．congratulation | B．improvement | C．explanation | D．encouragement |
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| 小题4: | | A．loved | B．answered | C．wrote | D．examined |
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| 小题5: | | A．lately | B．by the way | C．by the time | D．gradually |
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| 小题6: | | A．received | B．understood | C．enjoyed | D．collected |
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| 小题8: | | A．held up | B．gave up | C．followed | D．continued |
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| 小题9: | | A．out | B．home | C．to college | D．to Sacramento |
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| 小题10: | | A．organizing | B．planning | C．comparing | D．completing |
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| 小题11: | | A．hopefully | B．finally | C．particularly | D．certainly |
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| 小题12: | | A．Because of | B．Instead of | C．Except for | D．As for |
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| 小题13: | | A．especially | B．immediately | C．equally | D．generally |
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| 小题14: | | A．once | B．again | C．still | D．even |
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| 小题15: | | A．packed | B．fetched | C．bought | D．filled |
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| 小题16: | | A．fear | B．surprise | C．anger | D．disappointment |
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| 小题17: | | A．waiting for | B．worrying about | C．caring for | D．asking about |
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| 小题18: | | A．wrong | B．funny | C．strange | D．smart |
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| 小题19: | | A．any more | B．enough | C．once more | D．better |
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| 小题20: | | A．interestingly | B．bitterly | C．politely | D．laughingly |
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One day while sitting in the boat fishing, I noticed a field mouse on the river bank. He ran out of his 21 , ran around a bit and then ran back. I thought of the 22 of this mouse. His life is spent running around, 23 , following his nose. He runs here, runs there, turns in circles, but never really sees much beyond his 24 . He is trying to 25 his way to successful living, which is finding a little 26 , so that he can carry on for the rest of his life, frightened.
A few minutes later I looked up and noticed an osprey (鱼鹰) 27 high in the sky. This keen-eyed hunter with a 28 view of the river was simply waiting for the best time to catch his food. The 29 creature flew up toward a nest at the top of one of the tallest trees.
It is the osprey not the field mouse that 30 our human potential (潜能). I don’t know about you, but it is 31 for me to decide which creature I want to learn from. I want to 32, to see the big picture, to climb higher, go farther, dive deeper, and 33 more. I want my soul enlarged and my heart inspired. I want to 34 running about following my nose and instead I want to find new strength, fresh 35 , clear vision and courage. I want to be more like the osprey and less like the field mouse, for to live like the field mouse is to ruin my potential.
| 小题2: | | A．friend | B．appearance | C．food | D．existence |
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| 小题3: | | A．frightened | B．excited | C．surprised | D．pleased |
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| 小题5: | | A．lose | B．find | C．smell | D．give |
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| 小题6: | | A．time | B．room | C．treasure | D．food |
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| 小题7: | | A．hanging | B．running | C．flying | D．staying |
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| 小题8: | | A．short | B．full | C．different | D．first |
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| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．frightening | C．boring | D．amazing |
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| 小题10: | | A．needs | B．models | C．follows | D．strikes |
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| 小题11: | | A．difficult | B．strange | C．easy | D．special |
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| 小题12: | | A．play | B．rest | C．relax | D．explore |
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| 小题13: | | A．get | B．experience | C．forget | D．control |
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| 小题14: | | A．continue | B．stop | C．enjoy | D．practise |
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| 小题15: | | A．thinking | B．air | C．news | D．water |
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We do some strange things when we don’t like the way our life is going．Too often we blame(责怪)someone else．‘‘I wish my parents were more understanding．”
“I have such a bad Chemistry teacher!”
“My friends are so boring and self-centered．They make my life worse and worse．’’
Blame! Blame! Blame!
It seems natural to sing this self-pitying song，but the truth is，if you don’t like your life，you should do something about it．No one else knows exactly how you feel or what you need．No one can read your mind correctly．You are the only one with the power to cheek your life，and if you want it to be different，you can change what you’re doing．
When you’re in trouble，don’t give away your power to decide how you feel about yourself. Choose how you want to think and act．Other people can’t make you unhappy or angry．They only act in their own way and then it’s up to you to decide how you will respond(回应)．For example，your friends go out to lunch without you and you feel very angry．How are you going to act? You may blame your friends，“They are not kind．Who needs them anyway?” Or you may tell your friends how you feel，listen to their explanation，and let them know you’d like to be invited next time．
When you decide everything in your own way，you’re getting hold of your own life and shaping(塑造)it according to your tastes and feelings．You can choose to be happy，to make friends and to build an interesting life．When you blame others for what is or isn’t happening in your life，you have stopped growing or learning．
One of the most important rules is that you can never change another person by your direct action．The only person you have the right to change is yourself．Once you change，the other person has something different to respond to and change is possible．If you want change in your life，begin with yourself．
小题1:What should we do if we don’t like our life?| A．Change what we’re doing． | B．Read our minds correctly． | | C．Sing that self-pitying song． | D．Tell others what we want． |
小题2:If the writer’s friends have dinner together without him，he may _________.| A．ask somebody else to talk to them | | B．do the same thing to them in return | | C．talk to them and try to find out why | | D．forget it and be still friendly with them |
小题3:What’s the writer’s idea about how to change others?| A．He thinks it’s impossible to change others． | | B．He believes our love can change everything． | | C．He chooses to talk with others directly． | | D．He prefers to change ourselves first instead． |
小题4:At the beginning of the passage three examples are given __________.| A．to support the idea that people often blame others | | B．to suggest that there are various problems in people’s life | | C．to show that not all chemistry teachers are fit for their job | | D．to explain the reason why some people’s life is worse and worse |
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．Blame! Blame! Blame! | B．Who Controls My Life? | | C．Change! Change! Change! | D．What Makes Me Unhappy? |
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Failing doesn’t make a failure. True failures are those who don’t learn from their 1 .
Smart persons not only learn from their own mistakes—they pay 2 to the mistakes of others, equate error with opportunity, and learn valuable 3 as well, as this story illustrates (说明).
A lion, a fox, and a wild pig went 4 for rabbits together. By the end of the day, they had a large pile of rabbits to 5 .
The lion said to the wild pig, “Pig, you divide the rabbits up among the three of us in a 6 that you think is fair.” The pig divided the rabbits up into three 7 piles, and said to the lion, “There we are. One 8 for each of us. How’s that?” The lion 9 sprang at the wild pig and 10 him.
Then, the lion threw all the rabbits into one big pile again.
He 11 to the fox. “Well now, Mr. Fox, why don’t you 12 the rabbits between the two of us in a way that you think is fair?”
The fox walked over to the pile of rabbits, took the 13 one for himself, and left the rest in a big pile. “This rabbit is for me, Mr. Lion, and that big pile is for you.” said the fox.
At that point, the lion laughed, “Where did you learn to divide so 14 , Mr. Fox?” And Mr. Fox replied, “The wild pig 15 me.”
| 小题1: | | A．teachers | B．mistakes | C．failures | D．experiences |
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| 小题2: | | A．respect | B．tribute | C．court | D．attention |
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| 小题3: | | A．experience | B．skills | C．lessons | D．service |
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| 小题4: | | A．hunting | B．searching | C．hiking | D．fishing |
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| 小题5: | | A．share | B．eat | C．attack | D．enjoy |
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| 小题6: | | A．case | B．situation | C．mood | D．way |
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| 小题7: | | A．same | B．equal | C．big | D．different |
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| 小题8: | | A．rabbit | B． animal | C．pile | D．group |
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| 小题9: | | A．gradually | B．curiously | C．immediately | D．seriously |
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| 小题10: | | A．killed | B．punished | C．praised | D．sold |
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| 小题11: | | A．came | B．ran | C．returned | D．turned |
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| 小题12: | | A．part | B．divide | C．raise | D．separate |
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小题13:A largest B. narrowest C. smallest D. worst
| 小题14: | | A．unfairly | B．fairly | C．hurriedly | D．badly |
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| 小题15: | | A．informed | B．told | C．reminded | D．taught |
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