A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. He asked his father, “Why does my apple turn brown?” his father answered, “When the skin is removed, air reaches the flesh of the apple and causes oxidation. This changes the apple’s molecular structure and results in a brownish color.” The boy asked, “ Daddy, what are you talking about?”
I know how that boy feels. Sometimes I want answers to some of those confusing questions that we all meet with, such as how to get through difficult times or what to do in a tough situation. I just want to get it right.
The problem is that I don’t always have the answer I need. Nobody else seems to have them, either. So I go on making mistakes and think that I’ll never get it right.
Often I didn’t know what to do. I often made poor choices, but I gradually improved. Then I realized that I don’t HAVE TO always get it right. I don’t have to always know what to do all the time. All I really need to do is try my best, learn from my mistakes and go on.
Dr. Leo Buscaglia once said, “ No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. That would be pretty hard to do when you’re waiting for all the answers first.”
So you got it wrong. You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again. You may not get out of this world alive, but you can get plenty of life out of this world if you are not too worried about always getting it right.
小题1: In the beginning, the author tells the story of a boy and his father to ____.| A．show that the father is very knowledgeable | | B．say something interesting about apples | | C．introduce the subject of the passage | | D．show that children nowadays ask more questions |
小题2: How did the boy feel when he heard his father’s explanation?| A．He admired his father very much. | | B．He knew what his father meant. | | C．He thought that he had learned a lot from his father. | | D．He felt it was difficult to understand. |
小题3: What do Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s words mean?| A．We must make right choices as often as possible. | | B．We can search the answers when enjoying life itself. | | C．People have many desires when they enter the world. | | D．It is hard to lead a happy and satisfying life. |
小题4: What can be concluded from the passage?| A．We should learn from our mistakes and try again. | | B．We should try to learn and understand the answers to questions. | | C．It is very important to try to avoid mistakes. | | D．It is our duty to make the world a better place. |
小题5: What is the style of the passage?
A. novel B. news C. essay D poem |
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C |
试题分析：这篇文章论述了我们任何去找寻答案，举了一些生动的例子，也引用了名人名言，说明一个道理：不要害怕犯错，尽量去探寻真理。
小题1:写作意图题：文章并不是主要介绍这对父子，只是在引入话题。选C。
小题2:推理题：从男孩的话“ Daddy, what are you talking about?”说明他很难理解。选D。
小题3:从Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s 的话No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. 可知我们在享受生活的时候可以探究答案。选B。
小题4:细节题：从最后一段的句子：You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again.可知选A。
小题5:这篇文章以论述为主，其间有举例，引用，可知是一篇散文。选C。
点评：要求考生仔细阅读文本，耐心审题，结合题目做出准确的定位判断。 |
核心考点
试题【A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. He asked hi】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was 36 the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final 37 . During the test，the girl 38 next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me 39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that 40 was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．
Later, after the test papers had been 41 the teacher asked me to 42 in the room when all the other students 43 . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about 44 it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand 45 your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest，they really 47 themselves．She made me promise that I would think 48 about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could 49 . I walked out of the room wondering 40 she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．
Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked 51 I was copying answers 52 the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t 53 anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. 54 I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor 55 letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．
| 小题2: | | A．lesson | B．test | C．class | D．papers |
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| 小题3: | | A．seat | B．seating | C．sitting | D．sit |
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| 小题4: | | A．whether | B．why | C．where | D．that |
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| 小题6: | | A．handed | B．turned in | C．given out | D．marked |
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| 小题7: | | A．work | B．read | C．stay | D．study |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone out | B．were studying | C．were there | D．were dismissed |
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| 小题11: | | A．honesty | B．faith | C．confidence | D．reliability |
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| 小题12: | | A．improve | B．punish | C．cheat | D．help |
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| 小题13: | | A．well | B．highly | C．honestly | D．seriously |
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| 小题14: | | A．leave | B．go on | C．sit down | D．refuse |
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| 小题16: | | A．like | B．as though | C．as | D．that |
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| 小题18: | | A．mentioned | B．asked | C．answered | D．realized |
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| 小题19: | | A．Long before | B．As long as | C．Just as | D．Even though |
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Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not. I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it. “Always be a first-class version(版本) of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else. ” Then there’s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you’ve ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you can’t do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that
In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off. At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that any more, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me.
It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit(储蓄) into your PBA and will build strength.
小题1:The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the FIRST paragraph means________.| A．to be unreal | B．to be honest | | C．to become clear | D．to come from an imagined world |
小题2:Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words? | A．Don’t copy others or you can’t be the first class. | | B．Be your true self rather than follow others. | | C．Make efforts to be the first instead of the second. | | D．Don’t learn from others unless they’re excellent. |
小题3:What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story? | A．Honesty can be of great help. | | B．A bad thing can be turned into a good one. | | C．One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds. | | D．Helping others cheat can do good to nobody. |
小题4:In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express________.| A．one must be brave to be honest | | B．it’s difficult to be honest when others are not | | C．one should be honest when making a deposit | | D．honesty in one’s actions can help him in the future |
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My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living．Dad worked in Plant C．Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall．Sometimes my mother would take my siblings （兄弟姐妹） and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula． she"d gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky．
"Wave to daddy!" she"d shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air．I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery （手术） on his shoulder and hand．At 48, he had his first heart attack．He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college．But the damage was done．A few years later, the next heart attack killed him．
I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him．That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason．
Recently my father" s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there．I knew my father never wanted me to see it．At every station, he described the job and the danger．It was like listening to a foreign language．I walked past many DANGER signs．Toby put his hand on my shoulder．"look," he said, "you need to understand something．Your dad was a maintenance mechanic．He worked the most dangerous job．If something broke, he fixed it．"
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college．I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this notes: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots．"
小题1:How many siblings does the author most probably have? ____．
A．Three siblings B．Two siblings C．One sibling D: Four siblings
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author"s father? ____
A．He didn"t suffer a heart attack until he retired．
B．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all．
C．He was hardly angry in his daily life．
D．He did physical work in Plant C.
小题3:When Toby Workman described the author" s father" s job, the author ____．| A．felt familiar with the job | B．didn’t quite understand | | C．wanted to learn a foreign language | D．decided to do the same work |
小题4:The author gave her daughter the hat, hoping that her daughter could ____．| A．remember her grandfather | B．overcome all difficulties by wearing it | | C．get encouraged by her grandfather | D．follow her grandfather" s work |
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Are you an optimist? Do you look at your glass and see it as half full? Do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining and that generally things turn out for the best? Do you believe that if something is meant to be, it will be? If you reply “yes” to all of these questions, then you are an optimist. You probably are enthusiastic, cheerful and outgoing. You may well be successful atwork and in love.
But you may be misguided because things don’t turn out for the best. You may believe that when one door closes another one opens (for example，you may fail to obtain a new job，another chance will come around soon), Wrong. When one door closes, another door slams in your face. That"s bitter reality.
Now a book has been published which confirms what we pessimists(悲观者）have suspected all along. It"s called The Positive Power of Defensive Pessimism. Its author argues that defensive pessimism can lead to positive results. Defensive pessimism is a strategy used to manage fear, anxiety and worry. Defensive pessimists prepare for things by setting low outcomes for themselves. They carefully consider everything that may go wrong and plan for ways to handle these problems. And this gives them a sense of control. Lawrence Sanno, a psychology professor, says, “What’s interesting about defensive pessimists is that they tend to be very successful people, so their low opinion of the situation’s outcomes is not realistic. They use it to motivate themselves to perform better. ”
So far, so good. This is not rocket science. Defensive pessimists prepare carefully and consider what might go wrong, whether at work, on a date or even in a sports game. It makes sense to have a back-up plan. There are many sayings in English urging caution. For example, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” and “ Don’t count your chickens until they hatch. “ To have a confident and optimistic approach to life’s problems is good. But listen to what Woody Alien，the American comedian says, ”Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”
There are pros and cons to being an optimist and a pessimist. Don’t feel bad if you see the glass half empty. You are a realist. But lighten up and hook up with someone who sees the same glass half full.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．A book that has recently been published. | | B．The dangers of being too optimistic. | | C．How to become successful in life. | | D．The benefits of defensive pessimism. |
小题2:The underlined sentence “This is not rocket science” in paragraph 4 means .| A．it is quite simple to understand | B．there is no real proof | | C．it’s not a dangerous thing to do | D．the cost is not so high |
小题3:The writer would probably describe himself as .| A．an optimist | B．a defeatist | C．a realist | D．a scientist |
小题4:Which of the following English expressions would a defensive pessimist believe? | A．“Every cloud has a silver lining.” | B．“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” | | C．“Whatever will be, will be.” | D．“The glass is half full not half empty.” |
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Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 31 you are a 32 person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question 33 you are tested in real life. Some people 34 they are brave but when they come face to face with real 35 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 36 .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a 37 person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 38 , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the 39 water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very 40 and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41 to the woman, and kept her head 42 the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thank to Lenny, it was not 43 .
When you are in a very 44 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素). 45 adrenalin in the blood system, you will feel stronger and stronger and are 46 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this 47 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 48 move at all. You are then paralyzed(使瘫痪，使麻痹) with fear. This is 49 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”, which means “stone”. We are very frightened 50 we become stonelike.
| 小题1: | | A．how | B．neither | C．whether | D．either |
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| 小题2: | | A．brave | B．real | C．hard | D．certain |
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| 小题3: | | A．when | B．until | C．after | D．once |
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| 小题4: | | A．realize | B．find | C．think | D．agree |
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| 小题5: | | A．life | B．question | C．mouse | D．danger |
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| 小题6: | | A．soldiers | B．mice | C．heroes | D．cowards |
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| 小题7: | | A．useful | B．brave | C．nervous | D．terrible |
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| 小题8: | | A．So | B．Therefore | C．Then | D．Actually |
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| 小题9: | | A．fresh | B．poisonous | C．warm | D．ice-cold |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervous | B．calm | C．frightened | D．excited |
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| 小题11: | | A．went | B．helped | C．spoke | D．swam |
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| 小题13: | | A．an accident | B．a mistake | C．seventy-eight | D．seventy-nine |
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| 小题14: | | A．dangerous | B．comfortable | C．different | D．favorable |
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| 小题15: | | A．With | B．Without | C．For | D．Like |
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| 小题16: | | A．afraid | B．unable | C．ready | D．anxious |
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| 小题17: | | A．gets | B．disappears | C．happens | D．goes |
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| 小题18: | | A．needn’t | B．can’t | C．mustn’t | D．shouldn’t |
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| 小题19: | | A．where | B．how | C．because | D．why |
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