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I never thought I would have a life-changing experience at Wal-Mart.
Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn’t moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier. There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, he’s an old guy!
For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “How’s it going?” But he did something different—he actually listened to people. Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in brief conversation.
I thought it was odd (古怪的). I have grown accustomed to people asking me how I was doing simply out of robotic conversational habit. After a while, you don’t give any thought to the question and just say something back. I could say, “I just found out I have six months to live,” and someone would reply, “Have a great day!”
But that wasn’t the end. He gave them the change, walked around the counter, and extended his right hand in an act of friendship. He looked the customers in the eyes. “I sure want to thank you for shopping here today,” he told them. “You have a great day. Bye-bye.”
The looks on the faces of the customers were priceless. There were smiles and some sheepish grins (咧嘴一笑). All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.
Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his name, Marty.
56. 小题1:The checkout line the writer was standing in moved slower than expected because ________.
A.the cashier couldn’t work as fast as others
B.there were some big purchases
C.the cashier did more than scanning the items
D.the writer was not patient enough
57.小题2:According to the writer, when common people ask you “How’s it going?”________.
A.they don’t really care what you may answer
B.they are just practicing their conversation ability
C.they are asking about your private information
D.they don’t expect to hear any negative answers
58.小题3:What was most customers reaction on Marty’s behaviors?
A.They thought it priceless.B.They were in some way moved.
C.They thought it awful and odd.D.They felt somewhat annoyed..
59.小题4:What does the writer intend to express through the text?
A.Our everyday life is always full of surprises.
B.Most customers enjoy being treated this way.
C.Being different is a good way of doing business.
D.A little positive action can make a big difference.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
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试题分析:本文通过描述一个收银员和顾客的简单交流,这一个简单的交流却给了我很不一样的感觉,感觉受到了尊敬和理解。
小题1:C 细节题。根据文章5,6行For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “How’s it going?” But he did something different—he actually listened to people.可知他不仅仅是扫描货物还和顾客进行了交流。故C正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据文章第6行Sure, his words were the usual, “How’s it going?” But he did something different—he actually listened to people.可知“How’s it going?”是收银员经常讲的套话,并不是真正地高兴顾客。故A正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章倒数2,3行All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.可知顾客在不同程度上都被感动了。故B正确。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。本文通过描述一个收银员和顾客的简单交流,这一个简单的交流却给了我很不一样的感觉,感觉受到了尊敬和理解,故D正确。
点评:本文通过描述一个收银员和顾客的简单交流,这一个简单的交流却给了我很不一样的感觉,感觉受到了尊敬和理解。本文考查细节题为主,细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题,然后带着问题快速阅读短文,找出与问题有关的词语或句子,再对相关部分进行分析对比,找出答案。
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A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.
“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You  36 will.”
Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,”  37  so much could his dad say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still  38  why women cry.  39  he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so  40 ?”
God said, “When I made the woman she had to be  41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give  43 .”
“I made her  44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else  45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without  46 . I gave her the sensitivity to  47 her children under any and all circumstances,  48  her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never  50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him  51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”
“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the  52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she  53 her hair. The  54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love  55 .”
小题1:
A.surely B.neverC.probably D.seldom
小题2:
A.only B.even C.almost D.hardly
小题3:
A.hopingB.knowing C.wondering D.expecting
小题4:
A.ActuallyB.Generally C.Luckily D.Finally
小题5:
A.easily B.rarelyC.simply D.excitedly
小题6:
A.clever B.beautiful C.specialD.ordinary
小题7:
A.thick B.fat C.wide D.strong
小题8:
A.sympathy B.comfortC.kindness D.mercy
小题9:
A.stand B.load C.acceptD.burden
小题10:
A.gives inB.gives away C.gives up D.gives out
小题11:
A.difficulty B.danger C.restD.complaining
小题12:
A.control B.love C.respectD.satisfy
小题13:
A.even if B.in case C.so that D.as though
小题14:
A.disagreementsB.misunderstandingsC.faultsD.quarrels
小题15:
A.minds B.helpsC.refuses D.hurts
小题16:
A.nervously B.tiredly C.determinedly D.unselfishly
小题17:
A.clothes B.smileC.hair D.glasses
小题18:
A.washes B.dyes C.cuts D.combs
小题19:
A.figure B.intelligenceC.beauty D.appearance
小题20:
A.hides B.lives C.stores D.comes

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Dear Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul,
Most people don’t really know what pressures a typical teenager has to go through. Sure, our parents and grandparents were once teens, but things are so different now. It has never been to tougher (严格)to a teenager.
It had never been more important to be in the “right group” or to have the “right brand” of shoes. And those are the easy things to deal with. We also face problems with family, friends, relationships and school pressures.
When it gets to be too much, I turn to my friends. One friend I could not live without is Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. Your books have been so inspiring to me and have helped me to deal with and understand the problems I go through.
For example, I went through a confusing time with my friends when we got to junior high. I had known these friends since kindergarten, and when we began junior high it seemed like some of them began to change. We started hanging out with different groups, and we slowly grew so far apart that it seemed as if we had never been friends. I felt confused and hurt.
Sometime during this period I read the story Friends Forever in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Ⅱ.I felt so much better after reading it. It was like a weight had been lifted from me when I realized that many friendships went through changes and that we weren’t the only friends to experience them.
People change, but that doesn’t mean we have to lose the friendships we once shared. My friends and I still spend time together when we can and care about each other a lot. That things are different doesn’t mean I have to forget about all the good times we had. I will always keep the memories in a safe place in my heart.
Sincerely,
Peter
小题1:According to the author, parents and grandparents
A.didn’t have to overcome difficulties when in their teens.
B.don’t fully understand the pressures of being a teenager now
C.can easily deal with things such as choosing friends and shoes.
D.don’t need to give help to teenagers with pressures and problems
小题2:Why did the author feel confused and hurt when he got to junior high?
A.Because he was afraid that he had lost his friends.
B.Because he and his friends weren’t in the same school.
C.Because he was too busy to be with his friends.
D.Because his friends refused to hang out with him.
小题3:What does the underlined word “them” in Para.5 refer to?
A.Friendships.B.Changes.C.Friends.D.Pressures
小题4:In the letter the author mainly tells us that
A.people change but friendships always last.
B.changes sometimes cause hurt and confusion
C.people will go through many changes in life
D.friendships should be kept with skills

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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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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.carriedB.foundC.includedD.held
小题2:
A.difficultB.specialC.comfortableD.separate
小题3:
A.congratulationB.improvementC.explanationD.encouragement
小题4:
A.lovedB.answeredC.wroteD.examined
小题5:
A.latelyB.by the wayC.by the timeD.gradually
小题6:
A.receivedB.understoodC.enjoyedD.collected
小题7:
A.copyB.readC.takeD.send
小题8:
A.held upB.gave upC.followedD.continued
小题9:
A.outB.homeC.to collegeD.to Sacramento
小题10:
A.organizingB.planningC.comparingD.completing
小题11:
A.hopefullyB.finallyC.particularlyD.certainly
小题12:
A.Because ofB.Instead ofC.Except forD.As for
小题13:
A.especiallyB.immediatelyC.equallyD.generally
小题14:
A.onceB.againC.stillD.even
小题15:
A.packedB.fetchedC.boughtD.filled
小题16:
A.fearB.surpriseC.angerD.disappointment
小题17:
A.waiting forB.worrying aboutC.caring forD.asking about
小题18:
A.wrongB.funnyC.strangeD.smart
小题19:
A.any moreB.enoughC.once moreD.better
小题20:
A.interestinglyB.bitterlyC.politelyD.laughingly

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