One rainy night many years ago ,an elderly couple entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadephia. The couple walked to the front desk hoping to get some 21 for the night. “Could you give us a 22 here?” the husband asked.
The waiter, a 23 man with a bright smile, looked at the couple and 24 that there were three meetings in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the waiter said. “ 25 I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you be 26 to sleep in my room? It’s not 27 a suite(套房)，but it will be good enough to make you 28 for the night.”
When then couple refused 39 , he explained, “Don’t worry about me.”So the couple 30 . The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “you are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best 31 in America. Maybe someday I’ll 32 one for you.” The waiter looked at them and 33 .Then they drove away.
Two years passed. The waiter had almost 34 it when he received a letter from the old man. It recalled（提起）that 35 night and enclosed（附上）a round-trip to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit.
The old man 36 knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose 37 him in New York and led him to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He 38 to a great new building there.
“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.
“You must be 39 ,” the young man said.
“I’m not,” said the elderly man.
The elderly man was William Waldor-Aster, and that 40 building was the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter who became its first manager was George Boldt.
| 小题1: | | A．food | B．shelter | C．light | D．space |
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| 小题3: | | A．serious | B．patient | C．friendly | D．careful |
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| 小题4: | | A．decided | B．thought | C．suggested | D．explained |
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| 小题6: | | A．ready | B．glad | C．grateful | D．natural |
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| 小题7: | | A．clearly | B．nearly | C．exactly | D．simply |
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| 小题8: | | A．calm | B．special | C．successful | D．comfortable |
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| 小题9: | | A．easily | B．politely | C．give | D．know |
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| 小题10: | | A．left | B．agreed | C．complained | D．happened |
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| 小题11: | | A．hotel | B．shop | C．school | D．restaurant |
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| 小题12: | | A．build | B．keep | C．find | D．invent |
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| 小题13: | | A．checked | B．excused | C．smiled | D．changed |
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| 小题14: | | A．expected | B．realised | C．discovered | D．forgotten |
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小题15: | A．bright | B．warm | C．cloudy | D．stormy |
小题16:本题有误| A．ticket | B．map | C．form | D．travel |
小题17:本题有误| A．met | B．thanked | C．missed | D．watched |
| 小题18: | | A．waved | B．pointed | C．moved | D．returned |
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| 小题19: | | A．laughing | B．arguing | C．joking | D．reporting |
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| 小题20: | | A．small | B．common | C．simple | D．beautiful |
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小题1:B小题2:A小题3:C小题4:D小题5:C小题6:B小题7:C小题8:D小题9:B小题10:B小题11:A小题12:A小题13:C小题14:D小题15:D小题16:A小题17:A小题18:B小题19:C小题20:D |
试题分析：
小题1:根据下文All of our rooms are taken,服务员回答“我们的房间都住满了”可知这对老夫妇想找住的地方。故选B，shelter住所。
小题2:联系下文All of our rooms are taken可知这对老夫妇想要一个房间，故选A。
小题3:根据with a bright smile，这个服务员满脸微笑，所以看出他很友好。故选C。
小题4:根据“All of our rooms are taken,”结合当时的语境，服务员应该是在解释，decide决定 think 想 suggest建议 explain解释,所以选D，
小题5:结合下文Would you be glad to sleep in my room?，可知虽然旅馆里没有房间了，但服务员并没有让老人离去，故用but但是表转折，选C。
小题6:表示建议，你们愿意住在我的房间吗？ready准备glad高兴的，乐意的 grateful 感谢的natural自然的，可知选B最符合题意。
小题7:but表示转折，所以这个服务员想要说这间房间不完全是个套间clearly 显然地nearly差不多 exactly 完全地simply 简单地故选C。
小题8:通过上文得知，这是凌晨一点钟，还下着雨，所以推断在这样的环境中，即使有一个小屋住，也是很舒适的。calm 平静的special 特殊的successful 成功的comfortable 舒适的，故选D。
小题9:当服务员要把自己的房间让给老夫妇的时候，老人家肯定会礼貌地拒绝，故选B。
小题10:根据The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter,可知老夫妇后来同意住在服务员的房间。故选B。
小题11:根据下文“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.故选 A.
小题12:根据下文“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man，故选A。
小题13:老人说要为这位好心的服务员建造一家旅馆，服务员只当是个小小的玩笑，所以笑了笑，故选C。
小题14:根据Two years passed.，两年过去了，时间很久了，不经意的小事，所以服务员早就忘记了，故选D。
小题15:根据One rainy night many years ago可知选D stormy 有暴风雨的。
小题16:此题有误。
小题17:此题有误
小题18:结合“That is the hotel I have just built for you,” said the elderly man.可知老人指向一座新楼。
可知选B最符合题意。
小题19:当老人和服务员说这座旅馆是为他建造的，服务员认为老人在开玩笑，故选C。
小题20:根据He pointed to a great new building there，可知这个旅馆很不错，故选D最合适。
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。 |
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Thid is a true story of a mother’s sacrifice(牺牲) in an earthquake.
When the rescuer reached the ruins of a young man’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. Her pose was somehow strange—she knelt(跪) on the ground like a person who was worshiping(祷告);her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. However, the cold and stiff body told them that she had passed away for sure.
The rescuers left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reason, the team leader was driven by a strong force to go back to the ruined house. Again, he knelt down to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement, “A child! There is a child1”
The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3-month-old little boy wrapped in a blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made great sacrifice in order to save her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.
A doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cellphone inside the blanket.There was a text massage on the screen. It said, “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Everybody that read the massage cried
小题1:Why did the young woman kneel on the ground?| A．To protect herself from the earthquake | | B．To show respect for God | | C．To ask God for help | | D．To protect her baby |
小题2:After reading the text massage, everyone felt quite ______.| A．shocked | B．excited | C．moved | D．afraid |
小题3:What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?| A．To prove that a cat has nine lives. | | B．To show the power of a mother’s love. | | C．To express his thanks to the rescuers. | | D．To give advice on how to rescue others. |
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Last year, I met a little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. His problem was that he stuttered (口吃) extremely badly when he tried to talk. It was really hard to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big tales!
One morning, I was talking to the teachers who ran the school store. The boy stopped by and said hello to all of us. Afterwards they told me that the boy would stop every day to ask if they would be there the next day. But of course, he never had money to buy anything.
I decided that I would get him a little something just as a surprise. So I picked out a pencil, a rubber, and a small notebook for just $1.00. I cannot describe the look on his face when I gave him the three little things. Then, without a stutter, he loudly said, "Thank you so much!" and just kept repeating, "Thank you! Thank you!" He gave me a big hug before going off to class.
I was touched to see someone appreciate something that much. As he walked off, he was showing his new stuff to other kids walking to class. I have to say that I have never spent a dollar that would mean so much to me.
小题1:Why did the boy never buy anything from the store?| A．Because he couldn’t make himself understood. | | B．Because the teachers were unwilling to sell him anything. | | C．Because he couldn’t afford anything. | | D．Because he could never decide what to buy. |
小题2:What do we learn from the third paragraph?| A．Actually the boy had no stutter at all. | | B．The boy was too excited to stutter at the moment. | | C．What the author had bought helped the boy speak normally. | | D．The author wanted to find out whether the boy really had a stutter. |
小题3:Which would be the best title for the passage?| A．A Stuttering Boy | | B．Kindness Can Do Wonders | | C．One Dollar Can Buy Anything | | D．The Best Dollar I Have Spent |
小题4:What is the boy’s attitude to his life?| A．active | B．passive | C．disappointed | D．fearful |
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The last time I saw my mother, she didn’t know who I was. Although having 36 from dementia(老年痴呆症) for many years, mother was never 37 . All our family came to the hospital to spend time with her. She didn’t 38 them either, but we wanted to be there with her.
I have just flown back from Texas. Mother 39 looked at me, or past me, and said “Yeah”. That’s 40 she responded to 41 around her. In spite of this, I held her hand and talked to her.
I told her about the big old house in Highland where I 42 . When we first 43 there from Mascoutah when I was 5 years old, I was 44 of that house. The yard was full of 45 and the house was falling apart. But my father and mother were intelligent and 46 and we eight kids helped to turn it into a home. All of a sudden, I wasn’t frightened any more.
I told her she must have been very 47 when I decided to go to college to study journalism 48 being a priest（牧师）, which she thought was the highest 49 for a family. But she didn’t show it. She just saw me 50 with my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
When I told her all about Texas, 51 she and father had been to visit me, mother seemed 52 by that Texas beach on which they had taken a 53 . She 54 the trip and kept the picture in the living room all the time.
We had too many stories to tell. It was time for me to say 55 to mother and I told her I’d see her again. “Yeah,” she answered. But I wasn’t able to.
| 小题1: | | A．recovered | B．suffered | C．damaged | D．lived |
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| 小题2: | | A．healthy | B．awake | C．unconscious | D．alone |
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| 小题3: | | A．see | B．understand | C．recognize | D．like |
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| 小题4: | | A．never | B．just | C．excitedly | D．seldom |
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| 小题5: | | A．because | B．when | C．how | D．what |
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| 小题6: | | A．somewhere | B．everywhere | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题7: | | A．experienced | B．grew up | C．brought up | D．worked |
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| 小题8: | | A．moved | B．visited | C．left | D．withdrew |
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| 小题9: | | A．fond | B．afraid | C．curious | D．tired |
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| 小题10: | | A．weeds | B．flowers | C．trees | D．waste |
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| 小题11: | | A．fortunate | B．easy-going | C．hospitable | D．hard-working |
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| 小题12: | | A．disappointed | B．excited | C．surprised | D．anxious |
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| 小题13: | | A．as well as | B．instead of | C．except for | D．in spite of |
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| 小题14: | | A．praise | B．prize | C．honor | D．encouragement |
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| 小题16: | | A．which | B．that | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题17: | | A．delight | B．interested | C．happy | D．impressed |
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| 小题18: | | A．note | B．boat | C．picture | D．bath |
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| 小题19: | | A．enjoyed | B．hated | C．remembered | D．accounted |
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| 小题20: | | A．thanks | B．goodbye | C．sorry | D．hello |
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When I was a little girl, my father loved to play the game of “catch the ball” with me. I wasn’t good at it 21 he didn’t mind at all. He was always telling me to 22 my eyes on the ball; otherwise I would not be able to 23 it when he threw it to me.
As I got older, we didn’t play the game as 24 as before. If I had a 25 , I would go to my father and 26 his advice. He would try to make a joke and say, “Keep your eyes on the ball.” We would both laugh 27 that advice was not usually able to 28 the problem, but he would just try to make me 29 .
My father became 30 in 1995 when I was 23. There were not any more conversations, as he was 31 from a terrible disease. He couldn’t 32 ; he could only move his 33 without making a sound, which was sometimes 34 to understand. I seemed to be 35 good at reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were 36 him.
During one of our last 37 I was telling him about a difficulty I was 38 . Once again, I could read his lips. “Keep your eyes on the ball,” he said. We both smiled. That was the last time I saw my father 39 he passed away.
Sometimes now, all those years later when I get into a 40 situation, I just tell myself, “Keep your eyes on the ball.”
| 小题2: | | A．keep | B．leave | C．find | D．hold |
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| 小题3: | | A．watch | B．feel | C．move | D．catch |
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| 小题4: | | A．quick | B．much | C．many | D．little |
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| 小题5: | | A．surprise | B．wound | C．danger | D．problem |
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| 小题6: | | A．pay for | B．send for | C．look for | D．ask for |
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| 小题7: | | A．because | B．unless | C．if | D．when |
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| 小题8: | | A．settle | B．produce | C．drop | D．realize |
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| 小题9: | | A．worry | B．smile | C．study | D．talk |
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| 小题10: | | A．advice | B．ill | C．busy | D．wealthy |
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| 小题11: | | A．recovering | B．thinking | C．suffering | D．preventing |
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| 小题13: | | A．lips | B．face | C．hands | D．eyes |
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| 小题14: | | A．interesting | B．boring | C．easy | D．hard |
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| 小题15: | | A．quite | B．nearly | C．hardly | D．still |
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| 小题16: | | A．waiting for | B．thinking about | C．caring for | D．worrying about |
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| 小题17: | | A．impressions | B．experiences | C．games | D．conversations |
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| 小题18: | | A．looking through | B．going through | C．coming up | D．getting along |
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| 小题19: | | A．before | B．after | C．until | D．as |
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| 小题20: | | A．shocking | B．puzzling | C．frightening | D．troubling |
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James sat outside the office waiting for the interview（面试）. He felt so 36 that he didn’t know what to do with37 .The person who had gone in 38 him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. 39 James. He felt 40 that she had already got the 41 . The problem was that he wanted this job 42 .It meant 43 to him. He had 44 it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 45 brilliantly at the interview and 46 the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 47 .He couldn’t48 all those things he had 49 to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 50 .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 51 like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened . The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 52 with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James 53 her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly 54 that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 55 and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
| 小题1: | | A．healthy | B．nervous | C．careless | D．confident |
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| 小题2: | | A．the managing director | B．the woman | C．himself | D．the situation |
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| 小题3: | | A．by | B．with | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题4: | | A．Not like | B．So did | C．Do as | D．Do like |
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| 小题5: | | A．doubtful | B．sure | C．angry | D．astonishing |
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| 小题6: | | A．reward | B．first | C．prize | D．job |
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| 小题7: | | A．hopelessly | B．naturally | C．easily | D．so much |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．happiness | C．difficulty | D．nothing |
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| 小题9: | | A．dreamed of | B．learned of | C．thought about | D．talked about |
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| 小题10: | | A．explaining | B．performing | C．answering | D．performed |
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| 小题11: | | A．offered | B．asked for | C．being offered | D．being asked for |
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| 小题12: | | A．crazy | B．excited | C．probable | D．terrible |
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| 小题13: | | A．depend on | B．afford | C．believe in | D．remember |
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| 小题14: | | A．kept | B．been taught | C．planned | D．been supplied |
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| 小题15: | | A．leave | B．go in | C．prepare | D．practise |
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| 小题16: | | A．take back | B．put off | C．give up | D．put down |
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| 小题17: | | A．ugly | B．pleased | C．sad | D．pretty |
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| 小题18: | | A．noticed | B．loved | C．missed | D．hated |
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| 小题19: | | A．thought | B．hoped | C．wished | D．regretted |
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| 小题20: | | A．shaking | B．bending | C．walking | D．stopping |
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