I was the youngest of five boys and also had four sisters who had to pull together and take care of each other. Dad wasn"t around, so I never knew him well. He killed himself when I was three years old, leaving mom with the job of raising nine kids. She was a very hard worker, and in order to make ends meet, she hardly ever rested. With my mom as my example, I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.
Even as a little boy, I knew I was going to be successful. Regardless of what I chose, I wanted to make my brothers, sisters and mom proud of me—not only by being successful in what I chose to do, but also as a person who could be looked up to for the right reasons.
Surprising as it might seem, basketball wasn"t in my plans. One day, my mom cut a rim(边缘) off an old water barrel(水桶) and then held it up for me to throw an old rubber ball through. By junior high, I started playing basketball on a team. I loved to compete. For me, it paid off. I always put the effort in, every day.
I am grateful for the life I"ve enjoyed as a basketball star. Basketball is not life. It can be exciting. But the most important thing about basketball is that it gives me a way to do good things for others as I move through this journey called life.
小题1:It can be inferred that the author"s________.| A．brothers were more famous than him | | B．mother had a great influence on his career | | C．father loved his children and wife very much | | D．family was rich and happy when he was a child |
小题2:Why did the author"s father kill himself?| A．Because the family was poor. | | B．Because he often quarreled with his wife. | | C．Because he was seriously ill. | | D．The passage didn"t tell us the reason. |
小题3:From the second paragraph, we can infer that________.| A．the author was respected as a brave boy | | B．the author"s family didn"t like his career | | C．the author got on well with his mother, brothers and sisters | | D．the author helped his brothers and sisters succeed |
小题4:What does the author get from basketball?| A．How to do good things for others. | | B．Life is as hard as playing basketball. | | C．Cooperation with others is important. | | D．Two heads are wiser than one. |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
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小题1:推理题。根据文章第一段最后一句With my mom as my example, I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.
小题2:细节题。文章里并没有提及父亲自***的原因。
小题3:推理题。根据第二段第2行I wanted to make my brothers, sisters and mom proud of me。
小题4:细节题。根据文章最后一句. But the most important thing about basketball is that it gives me a way to do good things for others as I move through this journey called life. |
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My boss’s daughter was studying in the Philippines. He asked me if my husband and I could take care of her. He thought his daughter would be able to improve her English communication skills in this way.
After days of thinking, we agreed. He then brought her here and left after 3 days. I thought that my boss’s daughter was well-mannered, but that was wrong.
After a month of staying in the Philippines, she started to show her true colors. When my husband asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she answered him in a rude way. From then on, we experienced fights at home. There was a time when we didn’t talk to her for a week as a punishment of not being good to us. What I hated most was that she didn’t care about other people’s feelings. She ate ahead of us when we were still working and didn’t leave anything for us. So we had to separate her food from ours to avoid such a problem.
The worst thing about her was that she shouted at us. I was wondering if she did this to her parents. We told this to her parents, but unfortunately I didn’t think that solved the problem. This situation lasted for almost 8 months. Our patience was tested during that time.
We tried to teach her everything we could to make her a better person, but I guess 8 months may not to be enough. We even tried to understand her and adjust for her, but it didn’t work. I just hope that she learned something from us and from other Filipinos.
小题1:This passage is mainly about the writer’s experience of .| A．trying to please her boss | | B．changing a girl’s bad behavior | | C．improving her communication skills | | D．dealing with a teenage girl staying in her house |
小题2:Why did the boss want his daughter to stay with the writer ?| A．Because he was too busy to take care of his daughter | | B．Because he wanted his daughter to take a holiday there | | C．Because he wanted his daughter to improve her English in this way | | D．Because he wanted the writer to teach his daughter good manners . |
小题3:What do the examples in paragraph 3 tell us ?| A．The daughter wasn’t behaving well. | | B．The writer and her husband were careless. | | C．The writer and her husband hated children. | | D．The daughter tried her best to make others happy. |
小题4:The underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to . | A．being patient with her | | B．her parents punishing her | | C．asking her parents about her | | D．telling her parents about her behavior |
小题5:After reading the passage , we learn that . | A．the writer had known the daughter was hard to deal with | | B．the daughter learnt to behave well in the end | | C．the writer didn’t enjoy the daughter’s stay | | D．the daughter hated dealing with others |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once, there lived a young short monk in a temple on top of a hill, caring for his vegetable garden. He had one daily task of carryingtwo 1 of water up the hill from a cold stream. Rain or shine, he never 2 a day carrying water up the mountain to the temple. One day, a thin and tall 3 monk passed the temple and the young monk invited him to 4 . Since they would share the water, they went down the mountain together to fetch water. But the carrying pole is only 5 enough for one bucket. The two monks were unable to 6 the shared load on their carrying pole without shaking the contents of the two buckets all over the short monk. They 7 to retain（保留） only a small 8 of water that the young monk would have carried on his own, not mentioning to 9 the garden. When the young monk began to see his guest as 10 , the other monk began to see his host as unreasonable. Then a 11 monk came. The 12 of the third monk urged everyone to expect that someone else would take on the chore. As a result, no one fetched water though everybody was 13 . One night, a rat jumped and knocked the candleholder（烛台）, leading to a devastating(毁坏性的) 14 in the temple. The three monks finally united together to put out the fire. Since then they understood the old saying "unity is strength" and begin to live a 15 life. The temple never lacks water again.
| 小题1: | | A．buckets | B．bowls | C．bottles | D．cups |
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| 小题2: | | A．lost | B．spared | C．missed | D．spent |
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| 小题3: | | A．traveling | B．roaming | C．begging | D．hiking |
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小题4:A. help B stay. C. live D. carry
小题5:A. short B. straight C long. D. strong
| 小题6: | | A．balance | B．fasten | C．lift | D．hold |
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| 小题7: | | A．failed | B．managed | C．tried | D．wished |
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| 小题8: | | A．sum | B．number | C．drop | D．amount |
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| 小题9: | | A．look for | B．look at | C．care with | D．care for |
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| 小题10: | | A．unhappy | B．unforgettable | C．ungrateful | D．unrelated |
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| 小题11: | | A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
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| 小题12: | | A．mistake | B．arrival | C．death | D．leaving |
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| 小题13: | | A．tired | B．hungry | C．thirsty | D．angry |
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| 小题14: | | A．fire | B．flood | C．storm | D．earthquake |
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| 小题15: | | A．hard | B．poor | C．rich | D．harmonious |
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When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 34 water to the runners. I remember being so 35 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 36 up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked 37 , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) 38 .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt 39 because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt 40 for a second.
But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 41 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 42 was only to finish.
After a minute, it 43 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into 44 .
I decided that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 45 and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my accomplishment. In life we all have those moments where we 46 ourselves to others. It’s only natural . Don’t allow those moments to 47 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 48 anything you want in life.
| 小题1: | | A．bring out | B．pass out | C．take out | D．pick out |
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| 小题2: | | A．excited | B．worried | C．concerned | D．anxious |
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| 小题3: | | A．gave | B．made | C．signed | D．dressed |
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| 小题4: | | A．At times | B．In time | C．In all | D．After all |
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| 小题5: | | A．victory | B．decision | C．moment | D．conclusion |
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| 小题6: | | A．embarrassed | B．annoyed | C．moved | D．thrilled |
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| 小题7: | | A．relaxed | B．defeated | C．puzzled | D．inspired |
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| 小题8: | | A．special | B．evident | C．common | D．different |
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| 小题9: | | A．motto | B．plan | C．goal | D．direction |
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| 小题10: | | A．worried | B．hit | C．reached | D．hurt |
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| 小题11: | | A．attraction | B．devotion | C．inspiration | D．expectation |
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| 小题12: | | A．slightly | B．hardly | C．clearly | D．properly |
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| 小题13: | | A．introduce | B．relate | C．present | D．compare |
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| 小题14: | | A．weaken | B．wound | C．amuse | D．cheer |
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| 小题15: | | A．reserve | B．deliver | C．achieve | D．abandon |
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There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30 p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.
However, to get time for lunch was really difficult be-cause he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch.
One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop.
The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying several items. As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.
Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretend customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting. The now honest man explained the entire plan.
The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man.
小题1:What is the problem for the shopkeeper?| A．Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day. | | B．He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch. | | C．He was too busy to have lunch every day. | | D．He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop. |
小题2:Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p.m.?| A．Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop. | | B．Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then. | | C．Because the shop was closed at that time. | | D．Because he thought he could buy cheap things then. |
小题3:When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______.| A．everything in his shop was stolen | | B．the thief became the new owner of the shop | | C．there was a fighting in his shop | | D．the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop |
小题4:From the passage, we can infer that _______.| A．once a thief, he will always be a thief | | B．an honest man will be responsible for his action | | C．you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever | | D．trust can change a thief into an honest man |
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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 26 . All day, I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange 27 children. We made houses and gardens, and 28 the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we climbed over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the sun seemed to shine always 29 and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 30 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could 31 ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
32 I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I 33 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 34 beating (拍打) the rocks. I no longer wish to 35 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 36 , I still love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 37 what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am old . 38 I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 39 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 40 on too many ices creams.
| 小题1: | | A．sea | B．lake | C．mountain | D．river |
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| 小题2: | | A．moved | B．excited | C．anxious | D．nervous |
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| 小题3: | | A．made | B．brought | C．watched | D．heard |
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| 小题4: | | A．gently | B．hardly | C．brightly | D．carefully |
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| 小题5: | | A．in need of | B．in search of | C．in place of | D．in praise of |
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| 小题7: | | A．When | B．Although | C．If | D．But |
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| 小题8: | | A．almost | B．perhaps | C．still | D．often |
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| 小题9: | | A．waves | B．wind | C．hands | D．feet |
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| 小题10: | | A．destroy | B．fix | C．use | D．build |
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| 小题11: | | A．But | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．wonder | B．feel | C．understand | D．believe |
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| 小题14: | | A．girls | B．boys | C．children | D．grown-ups |
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| 小题15: | | A．happy | B．tired | C．sad | D．sick |
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