I was doing some Christmas shopping in a toy store and decided to look at Barbie dolls for my nieces. A nicely dressed little girl was excitedly looking through the Barbie dolls as well. As she was looking, a little boy came to the Pokemon toys. He was dressed neatly, but his clothes were obviously old. He was with his father as well, and kept picking up the Pokemon video toys. Each time he picked one up and looked at his father, his father shook his head and said, “No.”
The little girl had chosen her Barbie. However, she stopped and was watching them. Rather dejectedly, the boy had to give up the Pokemon toys and choose something else. The little girl put her Barbie back on the shelf, and ran over to the Pokemon toys. She excitedly picked up one and raced towards the checkout. I picked up my purchases and got in line behind them. Then, much to the little girl’s delight, the little boy and his father got in line behind me. After the toy was paid for and bagged, the little girl handed it back to the cashier (收银员) and whispered something in her ear. The casher smiled and put the package under the counter.
I paid for my purchases and was rearranging things when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier checked his purchases and said, “Congratulations, you are my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” With that, she handed the little boy the Pokemon toys, and he could only stare in surprise. It was exactly what he had wanted!
The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway during all of this. Then they walked out. As I walked back to my car, I heard the father ask his daughter why she had done that. I’ll never forget what she said to him. “Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy?” He said, “Of course they did, honey.” To which the little girl replied, “Well, I just did!”
I feel very shocked to have witnessed the true spirit of Christmas in that toy store, in the form of a little girl who understands more about the meaning of this festival than most adults I know.
小题1:The underlined word “dejectedly” in the second paragraph probably means _____.
| A．delightedly | B．disappointedly | C．excitedly | D．unexpectedly |
小题2:How did the little boy get the Pokemon toys?
A．His father bought him the Poknemon toys.
| B．Fortunately, he was the hundredth customer and won the Poknemon toys.
| C．The cashier felt sympathy for the little boy and gave him the Poknemon toys.
| D．The little girl bought the Poknemon toys for him. |
小题3:What did the little girl mean when saying “Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy?”
A．Her Grandparents wanted her to be happy.
| B．Making the little boy happy made her happy.
| C．The Poknemon toys made her happy.
| D．Her Grandparents hoped that she could help others. |
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．the story happened before Christmas.
| B．The little boy had not enough money to buy the Poknemon toys.
| C．Although the little girl liked the Poknemon toys very much, she gave them to the boy.
| D．The author was deeply moved by the behavior of the little girl. |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C |
试题分析：本文通过小女孩巧妙地帮助小男孩得到圣诞礼物的故事我们：让别人快乐才是真正的快乐、
小题1:B 推理题。根据本句Rather dejectedly, the boy had to give up the Pokemon toys and choose something else.从第一段内容可知这个小男孩很想要这个Pokemon toys。所以在他放弃这个的时候，他很失望，故B正确。
小题2:D 推理题。实际情况是小女孩听到小男孩的话，知道他很想要Pokemon toys，但是他的爸爸拒绝了他。小女孩就想了一个办法来帮助他，自己先买了那个Pokemon toys然后告诉收银员，让收银员把这个玩具以奖品的形式送个小男孩，故D正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据“Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy?”说明她能通过买Pokemon toys 的方式让这个小男孩高兴起来，这对她来说就是高兴的事情，故B正确。
小题4:C 细节题。文章中并没有提及这个小女孩喜欢Pokemon toys，根据文章第一段A nicely dressed little girl was excitedly looking through the Barbie dolls as well说明小女孩喜欢的是Barbie dolls。故C说法错误。
点评：本文讲述了一个很有哲理的故事，以推理题的考查为主，测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 |
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Dear Daughter,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write to tell you all that is on my mind. First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament (证明) of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
Your college years will be the most important of your life. It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period when you go from teacher taught to master inspired, after which you must become a self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn is of no practical use in real life, the learning skills you get will be something you will value forever.
Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy, don"t be bothered by what others think or say, but make up your own mind. Most importantly, make true friends and be happy. Don"t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks, or even personalities.
Start planning early what you"d like to do. Where would you like to live? What would you like to learn? I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver"s seat-this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great. Try it, and you"ll love it!
So please treasure your college years - make the best use of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny, and learn through your successes and challenges.
May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you grow into just what you dream to be.
Love
Dad & Mom
小题1:We can read between the lines that ________.| A．Dad has a strong love for his daughter | | B．Dad is very strict with his daughter | | C．Dad always worries about his daughter | | D．Dad is much concerned about his daughter"s health |
小题2:The underlined word "destiny" in the passage is the closest in meaning to "_______".| A．weight | B．life | C．position | D．time |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Plan things before you do them. | | B．Self－learning is very important in college. | | C．Follow your passion and what other people say. | | D．Leading a life is just like driving a car. |
小题4:The purpose of the author in writing the letter is to tell his daughter to ________.| A．smile to her trouble in life | | B．fight till she succeeds | | C．be confident and happy | | D．make the most of her college |
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How many people have I met who have told me about the book that they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time? Far too many .This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal（排演）and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments .
We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families, always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life .
In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day!” They speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us to enjoy the moment: to value this very day .How often do we say to ourselves, "I"ll take up horse-riding（or golf, or sailing）as soon as I get a higher position," only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position .
When I first became a reporter, I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal（反常的）mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know .
Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure .He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains .
小题1:The first paragraph of the passage tells us that________. | A．we always try to find some time to write a book | | B．we always make plans but seldom fulfill them | | C．we always enjoy many of life"s best moments | | D．we always do what we really want to do |
小题2:The man （in paragraph 6）left his first job partly because he was_________.| A．in an abnormal state | B．under too much pressure | | C．not well paid | D．not respected |
小题3:What is probably the best title for the passage?| A．Provide Homes For Our Family | B．Take Up Horse-riding | | C．Value This Very Day | D．Stay Alive |
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It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was not sure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout（ 锻炼） before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on that particular day, he noticed I wasn"t full of my usual vitality（活力）and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on（ 回顾）my life once I reached Nicholas"s age, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life？”
Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical（哲理的）answer to your philosophical question：
When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents, that was the best time of my life.
When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life.
When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life.
When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.
The Second World War came, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship bound for（开往）North America, that was the best time of my life.
When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.
When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.”
“And now, Joe, I am seventy nine years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
小题1:When was the writer"s birthday?| A．June 13 | B．June 15 | C．June 17 | D．June 19 |
小题2:Why was the writer anxious?| A．He wasn"t full of his usual vitality. | | B．He didn"t see his old friend Nicholas. | | C．He was feeling anxious about turning thirty. | | D．He didn"t like his friend"s answer about the best time. |
小题3:What does the underlined word “ nurtured ” mean?| A．brought up | B．developed | C．trained | D．encouraged |
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A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew. One day, his friend ___36__ him a young apple tree and told him to take it home and __37__ it.
Seeing the gift, the farmer was very__38____, and he thought he would also have a lot of wonderful apples, but when he got home, he had a(n) ___39__. He didn’t know___40___ to plant it. He thought over and over and __41___ every place he could think of. __42____ he decided to plant the tree in his woods. There were many high trees with thick leaves in the woods. With those trees around no one else could___43___ the young apple tree. He even felt proud of himself for finding so___44___ a place for the apple tree. Every day he went to take care of the tree, __45___ it. To his surprise and ___46___, the apple tree didn’t grow as he had __47___. It died without sunlight and good soil.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a __48__ place. “ What’s the difference?” the farmer said angrily, “ If I had planted the tree near the___49____, passers-by would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and ___50___ some of the apples! If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the ___51_. No matter where I plant the tree, I can’t have__52__ to enjoy the apples. So there is no difference where I planted it.”
“ Yes,” said the friend, “but __53____ someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also have __54___ a good apple tree! You don’t know the true meaning of ‘share’!”
We should learn to __55___ in our life. The more you want to own something all by yourself, the less you get at last.
| 小题1: | | A．lent | B．gave | C．sold | D．bought |
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| 小题2: | | A．study | B．keep | C．plant | D．develop |
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| 小题3: | | A．tired | B．sad | C．angry | D．happy |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprise | B．worry | C．accident | D．question |
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| 小题5: | | A．where | B．how | C．when | D．whether |
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| 小题6: | | A．practiced | B．tried | C．visited | D．considered |
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| 小题7: | | A．Finally | B．Generally | C．Suddenly | D．Recently |
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| 小题9: | | A．beautiful | B．secret | C．unusual | D．faraway |
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| 小题10: | | A．watering | B．watching | C．correcting | D．appreciating |
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| 小题11: | | A．pleasure | B．excitement | C．disappointment | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题12: | | A．known | B．said | C．expected | D．heard |
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| 小题13: | | A．poor | B．great | C．suitable | D．comfortable |
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| 小题14: | | A．park | B．river | C．hill | D．road |
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| 小题15: | | A．borrowed | B．stolen | C．chosen | D．collected |
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| 小题16: | | A．leaves | B．flowers | C．fruit | D．tree |
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| 小题17: | | A．rights | B．time | C．chances | D．interest |
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| 小题18: | | A．as a matter of fact | B．in fact | C．first of all | D．at least |
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| 小题19: | | A．destroyed | B．thrown | C．pulled | D．won |
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| 小题20: | | A．wait | B．share | C．gain | D．enjoy |
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I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was 31 the teddy bears beside her father 32 she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokémon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. 33 , it seemed to add up to five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and kept 34 the Pokémon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father 35 his head, “No”.
Rather 36 , the boy gave up the video games and chose a picture book 37 . After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokémon video games. She excitedly picked up one 38 on top of the others, and raced down toward the check-out. I picked up my purchases(购买物) and 39 the girl and her father.
Then much to her 40 , the little boy and his father got in line 41 her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl 42 it back to the cashier(收银员) and said something secret to her. The cashier smiled and put the 43 under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy 44 the cashier. The cashier said, “Congratulations, you’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a(n) 45 !” and she handed the boy the Pokémon game. The boy could only stood there 46 . It was, he said, 47 what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and sweetest smile on her face I have 48 seen in my life.
I suddenly understood that the world is not 49 into the strong who care and the weak who are 50 . We must each in turn care and be cared.
| 小题1: | | A．looking through | B．getting through | C．dressing up | D．packing up |
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| 小题2: | | A．once | B．while | C．after | D．when |
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| 小题3: | | A．Then | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题4: | | A．playing | B．electing | C．watching | D．selecting |
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| 小题5: | | A．shook | B．nodded | C．moved | D．held |
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| 小题6: | | A．anxious | B．upset | C．annoyed | D．concerned |
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| 小题7: | | A．either | B．lastly | C．instead | D．indeed |
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| 小题8: | | A．laying | B．lying | C．attaching | D．belonging |
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| 小题9: | | A．led | B．chased | C．drove | D．followed |
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| 小题10: | | A．satisfaction | B．surprise | C．interest | D．happiness |
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| 小题11: | | A．between | B．before | C．behind | D．beyond |
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| 小题12: | | A．put | B．handed | C．sent | D．carried |
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| 小题13: | | A．basket | B．bag | C．bear | D．gift |
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| 小题14: | | A．ran up to | B．ran away from | C．got away from | D．came up to |
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| 小题15: | | A．award | B．reward | C．prize | D．price |
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| 小题16: | | A．in trouble | B．in silence | C．in relief | D．in doubt |
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| 小题17: | | A．extremely | B．only | C．exactly | D．wonderfully |
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| 小题18: | | A．seldom | B．frequently | C．ever | D．hardly |
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| 小题19: | | A．divided | B．changed | C．included | D．cut |
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| 小题20: | | A．cared for | B．devoted to | C．turned to | D．thought of |
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