Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’d 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’d both always looked forward to the few times a year when we could 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 she experimented with drugs and was into other bad habits. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents because they didn’t want her around him.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. But she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang out with such a loser.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her. It had been so discouraging, and 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 ultimate(最终的)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 (克服)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:From the beginning of the text，we can learn that the author .| A．lost touch with the girl several years ago. | | B．used to spend weekends with the girl. | | C．moved to the same town as the girl. | | D．kept in touch with the girl. |
小题2:It can be inferred that the girl .| A．knew she was in danger. | B．took the author seriously. | | C．lost hope of a bright future. | D．used to quarrel with her parents. |
小题3:What’s the author’s purpose in telling the story?| A．To show the power of friendship. | | B．To describe the troubles of friendship. | | C．To tell the necessity of trusting friends. | | D．To tell the importance of keeping up with friends. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A |
试题分析：本文讲述了我的一个朋友和男朋友一起学坏了，后来在我的影响之下与男朋友分手，又回到了正常的成长道路上，说明了友谊的力量是多么的巨大.
小题1:D 推理题。根据第一段1,2行Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’d shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me.说明我们一直都保持着联系，故D项正确。
小题2:B 推断题。根据文章倒数4,5行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．说明她很在乎我，听进了我的建议，与那个男孩分手了，故B正确。
小题3:A 主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段Never had I been so proud of a friend.说明本文是关于友谊的话题，通过这个朋友的故事告诉我们有时候友谊的力量是巨大的，故A正确。
点评：本文内容简洁，主题在文章最后突出。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。 |
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Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (马拉松冠军), says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”
She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I"m sure she would have contacted me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.” Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
“I don"t think that—although I can"t put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
小题1:Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her .| A．develop respect for Liz. | B．love people around her more. | | C．rest for five months. | D．face criticism calmly. |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon. | | B．Radcliffe didn"t fully recover before the New York City marathon. | | C．Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon. | | D．Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon. |
小题3:By saying “I can"t put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure .| A．if she has the ability to set a new world record. | | B．if she can win another race though she has won many times. | | C．how many times a marathon runner can set the world record. | | D．if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times. |
小题4:What can we learn from Radcliffe"s story?| A．Practice makes perfect. | B．Well begun is half done. | | C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D．Where there is a will there is a way. |
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Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who reinforced my understanding of the power of belief. She was 36 the most powerful person I had ever met. I met Chris for the first time while taking the Dale Carnegie 37 in California.
Our class had already been going for quite some time when 38 , supported by metal crutches（拐杖）, 39 herself in. Chris had cerebral palsy（大脑性麻痹）. She had many 40 in communicating with others. This was not due to 41 of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she had been kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to 42 her. No one had taken the time to assist her in developing the ability to 43 . It was Bonnie, her current caretaker, who 44 there was much more to Chris than anyone else gave her credit for.
When asked by the instructor what her goal 45 the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became frustrated and 46 in the process. For most of her 47 nobody would listen to her. The only way she knew to get someone to 48 was through temper outbursts. With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed that her 49 was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five people and tell us about herself.
On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the room and 50 with us, in her own words, what her life had been like. It was one of the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever 51 . Though as a girl who had in many ways been 52 , she believed that she could __53__ more in her life and she did. And she also had the love and support of forty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been 54 strangers.
What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is that life is 55 moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are relevant to both our personal and professional direction and have the power to make our wildest dreams come true.
| 小题1: | | A．luckily | B．probably | C．formally | D．naturally |
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| 小题2: | | A．break | B．course | C．house | D．chance |
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| 小题3: | | A．someone | B．he | C．herself | D．she |
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| 小题4: | | A．dragged | B．rushed | C．ran | D．jumped |
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| 小题5: | | A．difficulties | B．indications | C．disagreements | D．suggestions |
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| 小题6: | | A．notice | B．need | C．lack | D．cheer |
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| 小题7: | | A．impress | B．annoy | C．love | D．entertain |
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| 小题8: | | A．walk | B．pronounce | C．communicate | D．write |
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| 小题9: | | A．knew | B．asked | C．spoke | D．required |
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| 小题11: | | A．grateful | B．surprised | C．angry | D．noisy |
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| 小题12: | | A．way | B．process | C．operation | D．life |
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| 小题13: | | A．listen | B．smile | C．watch | D．understand |
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| 小题14: | | A．class | B．goal | C．ability | D．reason |
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| 小题15: | | A．began | B．agreed | C．found | D．shared |
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| 小题16: | | A．argued | B．attended | C．witnessed | D．accepted |
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| 小题17: | | A．found out | B．thrown away | C．brought up | D．held out |
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| 小题18: | | A．give | B．accompany | C．spend | D．achieve |
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| 小题19: | | A．complete | B．necessary | C．enough | D．typical |
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| 小题20: | | A．called | B．carried | C．created | D．searched |
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We were talking about engagement when my boyfriend, Jack, had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him; the only way I could stay sane(保持清醒) was to dance. I became very good and critics praised me, but I could feel was the ache in my heart, no knowing whether the love of my life would ever return. And then one day a letter from him came:“I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget me.”
I made my decision there and then I left the city. When I returned I had bought myself a cane(拐杖) and learned to limp convincingly. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. My dancing days were over. No one suspected the story. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a reporter. Then I travelled to the hospital. They had pushed him outside in his wheelchair. I leaned on my cane and limped to him.
I told him he was not the only one who had lost a leg, even if mine were still attached to me. I showed him newspaper clippings of my accident. “ There is a whole life waiting for us out there! And I am not going to carry you—you are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps towards him and showed him what I’d taken out of my pocket.” Now show me you are still a man,” I said. He bent to take his cane and struggled out of that wheelchair. I could see he had not done it before, because he almost fell on his face. But I was not going to help. Finally he managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair again in his life.
What I showed to him was engagement rings. And I would limp with him for the rest of life.
小题1:The author felt ache in her heart though critics praised her dancing because_______.| A．She wasn’t sure if Jack still loved her. | | B．Jack became handicapped and couldn’t walk | | C．Jack asked her to forget about him | | D．She was afraid that Jack might die in the war |
小题2:What decision did the author make after she received Jack’s letter?| A．To see Jack in the battlefield. | B．To leave the city for travel. | | C．To give up dancing. | D．To see a reporter. |
小题3:What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?| A．She visited a hospital. | B．She broke her leg. | | C．She helped push Jack’s wheelchair. | D．She had a car crash. |
小题4:After they met in the hospital, Jack ______.| A．gave her the engagement rings | B．got rid of the cane | | C．picked up the hope of life | D．lived without a wheelchair |
小题5:Which of the following words can best describe the author?| A．Strong and optimistic | B．Clever and faithful | | C．Timid but faithful | D．Brave and helpful. |
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While I was looking out of the window, I saw an old homeless man crossing the street, carrying a suitcase.
Many times I looked on far away, feeling 36 for the homeless, but did nothing. I did 37 some money to homeless people when I walked by, but never really interacted (互动) with them.
Though we 38 doing something, yet we push it into the deep corners of our heart because we’re too busy, too 39 , or too afraid of strangers.
Today I did what I 40 thought I could. I walked out and ran after the old man. When I 41 him, I asked him if I could buy him 42 . He looked surprised, but accepted it 43 , warning me that he had a good appetite！
I was 44 and excited at the same time. We went to a 45 nearby. I told the waiter to give him whatever he wanted and I would 46 it.
I sat down for a moment asking the old man where he 47 . He told me he was sleeping behind the court house 48 it was warm there. I promised to give him a few jackets to keep him warm. To my surprise, he 49 some inexpensive jewelry on the table and chose a glass necklace for me, 50 someone else had given it to him.
I told him I bought him lunch not to get something 51 . But he insisted on my having it.
When it was time to go back to work, I 52 for not being able to stay with him and promised to sit down with him for lunch next time and 53 more.
| 小题1: | | A．worried | B．sorry | C．grateful | D．proud |
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| 小题3: | | A．think of | B．complain of | C．hear of | D．remind of |
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| 小题5: | | A．once | B．never | C．always | D．even |
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| 小题6: | | A．reached | B．caught | C．arrived | D．got |
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| 小题7: | | A．milk | B．clothes | C．lunch | D．newspaper |
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| 小题8: | | A．easily | B．angrily | C．anxiously | D．happily |
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| 小题9: | | A．terrified | B．nervous | C．frightened | D．amused |
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| 小题10: | | A．restaurant | B．cinema | C．store | D．station |
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| 小题11: | | A．prepare for | B．wait for | C．pay for | D．call for |
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| 小题12: | | A．went | B．belonged | C．worked | D．lived |
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| 小题13: | | A．unless | B．because | C．until | D．but |
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| 小题14: | | A．put | B．covered | C．took | D．bought |
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| 小题15: | | A．crying | B．shouting | C．saying | D．whispering |
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| 小题16: | | A．in need | B．in return | C．in exchange | D．in sight |
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| 小题17: | | A．admitted | B．allowed | C．advised | D．apologized |
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| 小题18: | | A．chat | B．play | C．drink | D．eat |
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| 小题19: | | A．everything | B．nothing | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题20: | | A．honest | B．cool | C．patient | D．kind |
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How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the ____41____ of many readers with the question. The ____42____ news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month ____43____ you win the lottery (彩票) or some other prize.
We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to ____44____ how they became that rich, you will learn that they worked very ____45____ for the money. That is what most ____46____ have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went ____47____ hardships before they succeeded ____48____.
There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it ____49____ for themselves. In this article, I am going to ____50____ passion (热情) which I think is the most ____51____ quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one were to ____52____ the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.
Take J.K. Rowling for ____53____. Her first Harry Potter book was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which ____54____ to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small ____55____, which paid ￡1,500. And the ____56____ from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little ____57____ of making a living by writing children’s books.
If you want to make a million dollars, find something that ____58____ you really passionate and work hard at it. It doesn’t ____59____ what it is. Let me know how you ____60____.
| 小题1: | | A．attention | B．discussion | C．consideration | D．excitement |
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| 小题2: | | A．common | B．funny | C．disappointing | D．surprising |
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| 小题3: | | A．if | B．unless | C．since | D．though |
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| 小题4: | | A．find out | B．think up | C．bring up | D．care about |
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| 小题5: | | A．long | B．wisely | C．hard | D．happily |
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| 小题6: | | A．millionaires | B．people | C．leaders | D．businessmen |
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| 小题7: | | A．around | B．under | C．through | D．near |
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| 小题8: | | A．as well | B．at last | C．on purpose | D．by chance |
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| 小题9: | | A．appear | B．complete | C．change | D．happen |
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| 小题10: | | A．talk about | B．show off | C．pick out | D．carry out |
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| 小题11: | | A．interesting | B．important | C．unforgettable | D．beautiful |
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| 小题12: | | A．serve | B．visit | C．marry | D．study |
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| 小题13: | | A．agreement | B．experience | C．example | D．experiment |
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| 小题14: | | A．promised | B．struggled | C．refused | D．tried |
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| 小题15: | | A．office | B．publisher | C．factory | D．school |
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| 小题16: | | A．advice | B．praise | C．comment | D．celebration |
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| 小题17: | | A．interest | B．energy | C．time | D．chance |
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| 小题18: | | A．reminds | B．drives | C．forces | D．makes |
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| 小题19: | | A．matter | B．say | C．mean | D．care |
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| 小题20: | | A．understand | B．plan | C．go | D．behave |
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