After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, l remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn"t Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn’t love you?" "Well, he never tells me, "I complained." He never tells me either," she said, smiling. " But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That"s how your father tells us he loves us. "
I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. l still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handled scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father"s body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don" t you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me. l walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
小题1:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．My father never loved me | B．I just couldn"t understand my father | | C．My hard-working father | D．Silent fatherly love |
小题2:The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because____.| A．that was the author"s favorite | | B．that was a gesture of love | | C．the author was always complaining | | D．he was sure the author would be thirsty |
小题3:The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________. .| A．he wanted to save money | | B．his job required high skills | | C．his job was too dangerous | | D．he was not good at communicating with others |
小题4:We may infer from the passage that _______. | A．the author"s father lacked a sense of humor | | B．the author"s-father didn"t love him very much | | C．the author quite understood his father as time went on | | D．the author"s father was too strict with him |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
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试题分析：文章讲述了作者的父亲对家人沉默的爱，他的在体现在为家人努力工作挣钱，体现在给孩子的橘子汁里面，虽然无声，却很温暖。
小题1:主旨题：从第一段的句子：But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That"s how your father tells us he loves us. "可知这篇文章讲的是父亲沉默的爱。选D。
小题2:细节题：从第一段的句子：l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. 可知橘子汁是父亲表示爱的方式。选B
小题3:推理题;从第二段的句子："Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.可知爸爸通过反问妈妈得知他是想省钱。选 A
小题4:推理题：从第二段的句子：I nodded slowly. I understood in my head,和最后一段的句子 l walked over, hugged him and said,可知作者慢慢的理解了爸爸。选C
点评：这是一篇感人的故事，文章虽然不难，但主要考查了推理题，注重综合语言能力的运用，结合语境，做出准确的判断。考生要体会作者的意图和本意。 |
核心考点
试题【After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 31 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 36 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
| 小题1: | | A．keep fit | B．rise early | C．collect money | D．earn money |
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| 小题2: | | A．romantic | B．magic | C．fantastic | D．attractive |
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| 小题3: | | A．simple | B．luxurious | C．relaxing | D．easy |
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| 小题4: | | A．question | B．the question | C．reach | D．control |
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| 小题5: | | A．feeling | B．quarrel | C．love | D．smile |
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| 小题6: | | A．bowed | B．shook | C．nodded | D．raised |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．injured | C．wounded | D．harmed |
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| 小题8: | | A．in great surprise | B．with deep depression | | C．in a great embarrassment | D．at extreme sorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．happens | B．comes about | C．occurs | D．appears |
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| 小题10: | | A．warm and soft | B．hot and hard | C．thin and cool | D．strong and durable |
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| 小题11: | | A．more or less | B．here and there | | C．somewhere and sometime | D．anywhere or anytime |
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| 小题12: | | A．inside | B．outside | C．faraway | D．nearby |
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| 小题13: | | A．could believe | B．wouldn’t recognize | C．couldn’t understand | D．might know |
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| 小题14: | | A．got stuck | B．got sick | C．threw up | D．became disabled |
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| 小题15: | | A．quite healthy | B．fairly red | C．very pale | D．much surprised |
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| 小题16: | | A．walk slowly | B．go hurriedly | C．run fast | D．jump high |
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| 小题17: | | A．think about | B．worry about | C．talk with | D．laugh at |
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| 小题18: | | A．Saying | B．Seeing | C．Reading | D．Writing |
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| 小题19: | | A．fresh roses | B．gold ring | C．beautiful jewelry | D．sweet kisses |
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| 小题20: | | A．a needle | B．a thread | C．the cloth | D．the cotton |
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You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.
You can"t depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage. I realized that I couldn"t rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband"s actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.
You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within; it can"t be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness? The same way you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit. You choose it because that"s what you want to experience in your life.
You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feel good. You wouldn"t buy a pair of shoes that you don"t like or that don"t fit well, right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don"t make us feel good?
Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings; no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions - we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power.
We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.
Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don"t dwell on what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.
小题1:What’s the best title of this passage?| A．Choose to Be Happy | B．Choose Your Emotions | | C．Pretend to Be Happy | D．Find Happiness |
小题2:The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is ________.| A．she can depend on her husband to find happiness | | B．balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art | | C．one can’t rely on someone else to make himself or herself happy | | D．happiness can be influenced by outside forces |
小题3:Why did the writer mention buying shoes?| A．To use it as an example to show the importance of choosing to be happy. | | B．To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes. | | C．To compare choosing shoes and choosing an outfit. | | D．To help to move to the next paragraph easily. |
小题4:The writer suggests that we should ________.| A．let others control our feelings | | B．respond immediately to others’ words | | C．pay more attention to words than actions | | D．hold back our feelings properly |
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Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with the 36 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 37 , but what makes blogging different from writing in a(n) 38 diary?
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 39 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 40 that he does not want to 41 with others.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 42 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 43 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.
44 I was her age, I wrote about the same thing, but 45 in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 46 that my sister might read it.
The biggest 47 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 48 about him in my diary, he would never know. 49 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might
50 her blog and get angry.
There are also 51 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary “ Nobody cares about me …”, no one would 52 about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly 53 and tell her how much they 54 her. Blog helps people 55 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
| 小题1: | | A．same | B．interesting | C．difficult | D．daily |
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| 小题2: | | A．simple | B．special | C．similar | D．different |
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| 小题3: | | A．personal | B．ordinary | C．meaningful | D．traditional |
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| 小题4: | | A．attractive | B．public | C．exciting | D．quick |
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| 小题5: | | A．thoughts | B．puzzles | C．ideas | D．secrets |
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| 小题6: | | A．tell | B．share | C．publish | D．solve |
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| 小题7: | | A．instead of | B．as well as | C．except for | D．besides |
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| 小题8: | | A．blog | B．diary | C．report | D．web |
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| 小题9: | | A．Although | B．Since | C．When | D．Because |
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| 小题10: | | A．only | B．already | C．still | D．never |
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| 小题11: | | A．angry | B．sad | C．glad | D．worried |
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| 小题12: | | A．problem | B．doubt | C．question | D．mistake |
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| 小题13: | | A．boring | B．wrong | C．bad | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．So | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Then |
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| 小题15: | | A．steal | B．break | C．write | D．read |
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| 小题16: | | A．reasons | B．wishes | C．shortcomings | D．advantages |
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| 小题18: | | A．prepare | B．begin | C．respond | D．feel |
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| 小题19: | | A．like | B．miss | C．need | D．stand |
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| 小题20: | | A．lose | B．stay | C．leave | D．find |
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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and, old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child——things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
小题1:According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that .| A．life for a child is fairly easy | | B．a child is always loved whatever he does | | C．if much is given to a child, he must do something in return | | D．only children are interested in life |
小题2:The main idea of the passage is that .| A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains | | B．young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard | | C．childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life | | D．one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life |
小题3:The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss .| A．examples of successful young men | | B．how to build up one’s position in society | | C．joys and pains of old people | | D．what to do when one has problems in life |
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I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like 36_ and straightforward .And it’s still what 37 a man a good citizen .This is my secret ,and I try to live by .
I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five year, 38 there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxi drivers have to be rough and tumble (乱作一团) fellows to be able to take it in New York. You’ve got to be 39 to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day . Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the 40 impression that they are bad .Taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will act as 41 fellows. You read in the papers almost every week 42 a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or like that people leave in their 43 . If they weren’t hones, you wouldn’t be reading those stories in the papers. One time .I found an emerald (翡翠的) ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of suitcases that day , so I went back to where I had 44 . It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her 45 to her. I didn’t get much as “thank you”. 46 I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she 47 .
I was born and raised in Ireland until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I 48 several jobs to earn a few dollars before joining the army in Word War I. After being discharged (退伍), I bought my own car and have owned one ever since. It hasn’t been too easy 49 , but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit 50 for a rainy day (一时之需). In all my years of driving a taxi, I have never had 51 with the public, not even with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong (顽固的) once in a while, I just agree with them and then they behave themselves.
People ask me about tips. As far as I know, 52 everyone will give you something , because most Americans are 53 generous . I always try to be nice to everyone, whether they 54 or not. I believe in God and try to be a good member of my parish (教区 ). I try to act toward others like I think god wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the 55 I try , the easier it gets.
| 小题1: | | A．dishonor | B．dishonesty | C．upright | D．faithful |
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| 小题2: | | A．take | B．become | C．make | D．have |
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| 小题3: | | A．know | B．known | C．knew | D．knowing |
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| 小题4: | | A．generous | B．tough | C．mild | D．warm-hearted |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．proper | C．bad | D．wrong |
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| 小题6: | | A．rude | B．honest | C．good | D．tough |
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| 小题7: | | A．when | B．what | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题8: | | A．houses | B．cars | C．pockets | D．rooms |
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| 小题9: | | A．picked her up | B．dropped her off | C．dropped her down | D．pull her down |
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| 小题10: | | A．ring | B．suitcase | C．car | D．emerald |
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| 小题14: | | A．at one time | B．some time | C．in no time | D．at times |
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| 小题15: | | A．put off | B．put up | C．put on | D．put away |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．difficult | C．word | D．anything |
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| 小题17: | | A．especially | B．specially | C．particularly | D．practically |
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| 小题18: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．rather | D．fairly |
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| 小题19: | | A．tip | B．advise | C．suggest | D．ask |
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| 小题20: | | A．longer | B．harder | C．better | D．shorter |
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