One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be put up for the night. “I’ m very 31 ,” the clerk(职员) on night shift（值晚班） said politely, “we are all 32 tonight. But you could stay in my room if you don’t 33 . As I’m on duty, I’ll be staying up in the office anyway,” The young man gave the 34 _ advice.
The elderly couple 35 his offer with gratitude(感激). They 36 for the inconvenience(不便) they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it cleared up. When the old gentleman went to pay his 37 , the clerk behind the counter was that same helpful young man. “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper guest room in this hotel, 38 you don’t need to pay,” said the clerk, with the same friendly smile.
The old gentleman nodded in 39 , “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would 40 . Perhaps 41 I’ll build a hotel for you. ” The clerk was surprised but, deciding that the guest must have been joking, he gave the words no more 42 .
Two years later, the young man received a registered letter(挂号信) from the old gentleman, in which he 43 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also enclosed（附上） a formal 44 and a round-trip air ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay a visit.
At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his 45 guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a beautiful new 46 towering over(耸立) the crossroads, said, “Look, that is the hotel I 47 to build for you. I hope you will manage it for me. Remember what I said then? Well, I was serious about it.”
“But…will there be any conditions, sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster. There’s not any condition. 48 I told you before, you are the best employee…!”
This building was 49 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Starting business in 1931, this hotel has been a symbol of honor in the city of New York. The young man who became its first 50 was George Boldt, the man who turned Waldorf into one of the best hotels in the world.
| 小题1: | | A．sorry | B．happy | C．anxious | D．lucky |
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| 小题2: | | A．advertised | B．decided | C．booked | D．taken |
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| 小题3: | | A．mind | B．bother | C．trouble | D．complain |
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| 小题4: | | A．bad | B．valuable(贵重的) | C．beautiful | D．sincere(真诚的) |
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| 小题5: | | A．accepted | B．thanked | C．refused | D．weighed |
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| 小题6: | | A．affected | B．prepared | C．balanced | D．apologized(道歉) |
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| 小题7: | | A．service | B．house | C．food | D．bill |
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| 小题9: | | A．comfort | B．gratitude | C．surprise | D．silence |
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| 小题10: | | A．give up | B．dream of | C．devote to | D．fight for |
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| 小题11: | | A．any time | B．another day | C．the other day | D．some day |
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| 小题12: | | A．guidance | B．thought | C．freedom | D．argument |
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| 小题13: | | A．called on | B．called at | C．called for | D．called up |
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| 小题14: | | A．invitation | B．check | C．card | D．letter |
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| 小题15: | | A．old | B．interesting | C．former | D．new |
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| 小题16: | | A．house | B．building | C．room | D．park |
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| 小题17: | | A．wanted | B．agreed | C．promised | D．liked |
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| 小题18: | | A．Since | B．Once | C．If | D．Though |
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| 小题19: | | A．just | B．only | C．anyhow | D．finally |
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| 小题20: | | A．professor | B．manager | C．waiter | D．president |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:A
小题20:B |
试题分析：
小题1:根据下文But you could stay in my room，你们可以住在我的房间，所以这里想说很抱歉，房间都满了，选A。
小题2:联系下文But you could stay in my room，.可知所有的房间已经都被预定了，故选C。
小题3:结合上文表示建议，如果你们不介意，可以住在我的房间。mind介意bother打扰trouble 麻烦complain
抱怨，故选A。
小题4:联系下文这位职员给出了真诚的建议，选D。
小题5:结合下文They apologized for the inconvenience(不便) they had caused him.，可知这对老夫妇接受了这位职员的建议。选A。
小题6:结合下for the inconvenience(不便) they had caused him.，可知他们为自己给这位职员造成的不便道歉，选D，好心，最符合题意。
小题7:下文提到you don’t need to pay，可知老人家是要付钱，故选D。
小题8:结合上下文这位职员说：“您和您的妻子住的不是正式的客房，您不需要付钱，故选C。
小题9:联系上下文这位老人感激地点点头，故选B。
小题10:通过阅读文章，可知老人认为这个职员是所有经理梦寐以求的人选。故选B。
小题11:结合下文可能有一天我会为你建一个旅馆，故选 D some day 有一天。
小题12:根据The clerk was surprised but, deciding that the guest must have been joking,，虽然这位职员很吃惊，但是他认为老人在开玩笑，所以没有多想，故选B。
小题13:两年以后，老人给这位职员写了一封挂号信，使他想起了那个雨夜的事情，call on访问（某人）call at拜访（某地）call for 需要call up使人想起，故选D 。
小题14:根据 asking the young man to pay a visit.，可知这封信还附上一个正式的邀请，故选A、。
小题15:根据The old gentleman，可知是他曾经的顾客。Former以前的，故选C。
小题16:通过最后一个自然段This building，故选B。
小题17:老人在当初离开的时候曾说Perhapssome day I’ll build a hotel for you.,故选C 许诺。
小题18:结合上文，可知选A最符合题意。我曾经说过你是最好的雇员。
小题19:根据his hotel has been a symbol of honor in the city of New York，选A，正是
小题20:结合I hope you will manage it for me.。可知这个职员在老人开的旅馆任经理一职，故选B。
点评：答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
核心考点
试题【One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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I live in a big city with a lot of homeless(无家可归的) people. Luckily there’re small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of 31 . One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. By doing this one day, I got to 32 a young homeless man. He was often 33 the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his 34 was close to mine. It 35__ that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year shortly 36 his birthday, and after congratulating(祝贺) him, without thinking, I asked if he had had a good day. He 37 and said that he hadn’t really celebrated(庆祝). I felt so 38__.
I just couldn’t help(情不自禁) thinking of this nice, young man being 39 on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(毛线) basket. 40 for me, I had enough yarn left. I set to work and knitted(编织) a 41 for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty 42 I didn’t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf(围巾) would be clean when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had 43 to meet him so I had carried the scarf and a piece of my own birthday 44 around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The 45 in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
| 小题1: | | A．work | | B．energy | | C．money | | D．power |
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| | 小题2: | | A．realize | | B．ignore | | C．know | | D．understand |
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| | 小题3: | | A．selling | | B．reading | | C．covering | | D．buying |
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| | 小题4: | | A．birthday | | B．house | | C．height | | D．hobby |
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| | 小题5: | | A．said | | B．found | | C．guessed | | D．meant |
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| | | 小题7: | | A．looked up | | B．turned up | | C．looked down | | D．got down |
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| | 小题8: | | A．foolish | | B．excited | | C．clever | | D．worried |
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| | 小题9: | | A．calm | | B．happy | | C．alone | | D．hungry |
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| | 小题10: | | A．Suddenly | | B．Luckily | | C．Badly | | D．However |
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| | 小题11: | | A．scarf | | B．cap | | C．sock | | D．glove |
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| | | 小题13: | | A．liked | | B．hoped | | C．promised | | D．agreed |
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| | 小题14: | | A．cake | | B．present | | C．song | | D．party |
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| | 小题15: | | A．light | | B．pain | | C．sight | | D．fire |
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Dad loved children. And he always wanted a 1 family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors.
Once, Dad 2 presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our 3 model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are 4 the 1953 model some time next month.”
But what he 5 most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted 6 that he had seen eleven people in our car, not 7 Mum and Dad. 8 , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You 9 the second baby up from the front here, Mister.”
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the 10. Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the 11 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was 12 except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been 13 . When he pointed at the child that had been 14 Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He 15 next door.”
| 小题1: | | A．rich | B．lovely | C．close | D．large |
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| 小题2: | | A．surprisingly | B．nervously | C．generously | D．proudly |
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| 小题3: | | A．dearest | B．smallest | C．latest | D．youngest |
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| 小题4: | | A．ordering | B．selling | C．expecting | D．improving |
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| 小题5: | | A．hated | B．enjoyed | C．cared | D．hoped |
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| 小题6: | | A．doubtfully | B．excitedly | C．calmly | D．directly |
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| 小题7: | | A．counting | B．naming | C．showing | D．reading |
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| 小题8: | | A．Immediately | B．Carefully | C．Angrily | D．Easily |
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| 小题9: | | A．saw | B．missed | C．forgot | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．truth | B．story | C．adventure | D．accident |
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| 小题11: | | A．lecture | B．house | C．office | D．activity |
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| 小题12: | | A．expensive | B．regular | C．correct | D．fine |
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| 小题13: | | A．troublesome | B．careless | C．active | D．quiet |
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| 小题14: | | A．found | B．caught | C．punished | D．wounded |
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| 小题15: | | A．goes to | B．belongs to | C．works | D．plays |
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Dear Volunteers，
The service you will provide to elderly individuals in Abilene as a Meals on Wheels volunteer is deeply appreciated. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the many miles you will travel and all of the hours you will contribute to help make this one of the best programs in the entire state.
We have our staff members make a home visit before adding each person to the program and try to visit everyone at least once every year. That is hardly enough, and we depend on your contact a great deal! It is important that you report back when you do not get an answer to your knock on the door. The person inside may be hurt or ill. They may be in hospital or out of town and fail to inform us. If they are frequently absent, we may need to determine if they still need meals.
If you find someone with a medical emergency, please call 911 to request medical assistance, and then call the Meals on Wheels office. If you find someone who needs assistance other than for a medical emergency, please call the Meals on Wheels office at 6725050, and we will try to find the appropriate agency or individual to call.
Let us know when a certain person needs extra food. We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them. Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals. Many of those we serve cannot afford magazines and enjoy reading. If someone is interested in getting books from the Abilene Public Library, let us know. We can sign them up for the Books on Wheels program. Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals, or if someone needs a space heater, a blanket, or an electric fan. Please convey all needs to us, and we will try to see that they are met. Some of the elderly people who we offer our service may have cancers, liver diseases, AIDS, etc. If you do not want to deliver meals to the people with certain types of health problems, such as these, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Betty L. Bradley, LBSW,
Executive Director
小题1:Why does the author write this letter?| A．To express great thanks to volunteers. | | B．To explain how the old people get help. | | C．To tell volunteers what they are tasked with. | | D．To describe the life situation of the old people. |
小题2:What can we learn about the volunteers from the passage?| A．They order books for needy people. | | B．They design programs to help people. | | C．They offer medical help to sick people. | | D．They deliver food to the elderly people. |
小题3:How does the author learn about the needs of the people served?| A．The volunteers report back the information to him. | | B．His staff members call them to get the information. | | C．He visits them now and then to get the information. | | D．The family members send the information to his office. |
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The story of the touchstone(探金石) tells of a man who was told that if he could find the touchstone, its magical powers could give him anything he wanted. It could be found, he was 31 , among the pebbles (卵石) of a beach. All he need to do is 32 a stone.If it feels warm, the magical touchstone is 33 .
The man rushed to the beach without delay. When he 34 a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea. He 35 this practice for weeks. Each pebble felt cold, and each pebble was 36 thrown into the sea..
But one morning, he 37 to take hold of a pebble that felt 38 , unlike the other stones. The man, who had 39 noticed the difference, threw it into the sea. He hadn’t 40 to, but he had formed a habit that can be 41 to break.
Any behavior one 42 is strengthened. Repeated often enough, it becomes a(n) 43 . A Spanish proverb says, “Habits are first cobwebs (蜘蛛网), then cables (钢索).” It works well for 44 habits that first trap us like a cobweb. And if we continue the behavior, the 45 grows stronger and can be as difficult to break as a steel cable. 46 some habits can work in our 47 , such as patterns of our lives, positive attitudes and healthy ways of thinking. We form our habits, then our habits form us 48 .
When it 49 habits, practice may not make perfect. But practice will certainly make permanent. So form the habits you want and let them 50 you into the person you want to be.
| 小题1: | | A．tricked | B．informed | C．introduced | D．traced |
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| 小题2: | | A．look on | B．cut into | C．knock down | D．pick up |
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小题3:A made B. found C. controlled D. offered
| 小题4: | | A．knew | B．showed | C．grasped | D．grabbed |
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| 小题5: | | A．decided | B．stopped | C．required | D．continued |
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| 小题6: | | A．immediately | B．frequently | C．greatly | D．happily |
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| 小题7: | | A．tried | B．decided | C．hoped | D．happened |
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| 小题8: | | A．smooth | B．rough | C．warm | D．cold |
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| 小题9: | | A．commonly | B．necessarily | C．hardly | D．quickly |
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| 小题10: | | A．designed | B．determined | C．failed | D．meant |
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| 小题11: | | A．hard | B．easy | C．likely | D．sure |
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| 小题12: | | A．forgets | B．shows | C．adjusts | D．repeats |
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| 小题13: | | A．addiction | B．instruction | C．habit | D．regret |
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| 小题14: | | A．annoying | B．old | C．influential | D．bad |
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| 小题15: | | A．line | B．web | C．spirit | D．feeling |
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| 小题16: | | A．Then | B．Thus | C．But | D．Because |
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| 小题17: | | A．favor | B．memory | C．honor | D．wish |
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| 小题18: | | A．in force | B．in addition | C．in return | D．in vain |
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| 小题19: | | A．leads to | B．comes to | C．belongs to | D．points to |
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| 小题20: | | A．adjust | B．form | C．transfer | D．shape |
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DIY sailor Owen Warboys has finally launched his homemade boat — after spending nearly 30 years building it in his mum’s garden.
Owen, 66, a retired engineer from Hordle, New Milton, Hants, first started work on the 40ft—long boat in 1982 because he could not afford to buy his own. He told mum Edith that it would only take five years but after suffering “a few problems” it lasted nearly three decades.
When he finally finished, he was left with the head-scratching task of getting the 18-tonne boat out of the back garden. After some time he found a way. A huge crane (起重机) was brought in to carefully raise it 40ft in the air over his mother’s house and onto a lorry. It was then driven to the seaside and, to Owen’s delight, it floated and showed no signs of leaking when lowered into the water.
Now, 28 years after he first started, Owen is at last preparing to set sail in his beloved boat, Wight Dolphin, with his long-suffering wife Anne. Owen said, “I am so relieved that it’s finished. There were times when I thought it would never end but I’m the sort of person who likes to finish something once I’ve started.”
At first he persuaded his mum to let him do it in her garden and started taking in sheets of steel and pieces of wood. “My mother was happy for me to build it at her house but only bacause I told her it would only take five years.”
小题1:Why did Owen decide to make his own boat by himself?| A．He wanted to kill time after his retirement | | B．He wished to set a new world record | | C．He didn’t have enough money to buy a boat | | D．He had a hobby of making things by hand |
小题2:What problem did Owen face when he finished his boat?| A．It leaked when lowered into the water | | B．It couldn’t be sent onto a truck | | C．He couldn’t afford to hire a crane. | | D．He didn’t know how to move it out. |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about the boat ?| A．It was built by Owen and his supportive wife | | B．It was in good condition after being put in the sea | | C．Owen’s mother was relieved to see it was finished | | D．Owen and his wife will sail around the world in it |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that _____.| A．the boat will enter a race competition | | B．Owen retired early in order to make his boat | | C．Owen’s wife gave the boat the name of Wight Dolphin | | D．It took 23 more years to finish the boat than expected |
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