We took the bus from the suburb every early morning that summer 3 years ago. One of the passengers was a small 36 man who took the bus to the centre for senior citizens every morning. He walked with a stoop (佝偻) and a sad look on his face when he, with some difficulty, 37 the bus and sat down alone behind the driver. No one ever paid very much attention to him.
Then one 38 morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled before he sat down. The driver 39 guardedly. The rest of us were silent. The next day, the old man boarded the bus energetically, 40 and said in a loud voice: “And a very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “Good morning,” 41 . The following weeks we were more alert (留意的). Our friend was now dressed in a nice old suit and a wide out-of-date 42 . The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we 43 began to nod and talk to each other.
One morning he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver 44 smilingly and asked:“Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?”and he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers 45 and clapped at him. Charlie bowed and waved the 46 before he sat down on his seat. Every morning after that Charlie always brought a flower. Some of the 47 passengers began bringing him flowers for his bouquet(花束).
The summer went by, and 48 was closing in, when one morning Charlie wasn"t waiting at his usual 49 . When he wasn"t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or — 50 — on holiday somewhere.
One day, we learned from the staff working in the centre for senior citizens that the elderly 51 was fine, but he hadn"t been coming to the 52 that week. One of his very close friends had died at the weekend. They 53 him back on Monday. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.
The next 54 Charlie was waiting at the stop, stooping a bit more, a little bit more grey, and without a tie. He seemed to have shrinked（缩小）again. Inside the bus was a 55 . All of us sat with our eyes filled with tears and a bunch of wild flowers in our hands.
| 小题1: | | A．black | B．pale | C．grey | D．brown |
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| 小题2: | | A．caught | B．climbed | C．braked | D．boarded |
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| 小题3: | | A．February | B．July | C．October | D．December |
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| 小题4: | | A．shook | B．sat | C．stood | D．nodded |
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| 小题5: | | A．cried | B．breathed | C．smiled | D．sighed |
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| 小题6: | | A．in reply | B．in vain | C．with care | D．in return |
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| 小题8: | | A．actually | B．surprisingly | C．extremely | D．gradually |
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| 小题9: | | A．turned around | B．cast down | C．paid off | D．kept up |
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| 小题10: | | A．whistled | B．resisted | C．ignored | D．agreed |
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| 小题11: | | A．hands | B．flowers | C．stick | D．bag |
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| 小题12: | | A．normal | B．ordinary | C．average | D．regular |
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| 小题13: | | A．autumn | B．winter | C．spring | D．summer |
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| 小题14: | | A．station | B．stop | C．home | D．seat |
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| 小题15: | | A．hopefully | B．thoughtfully | C．traditionally | D．apparently |
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| 小题16: | | A．woman | B．wife | C．husband | D．gentleman |
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| 小题17: | | A．suburb | B．school | C．centre | D．club |
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| 小题18: | | A．wondered | B．expected | C．discussed | D．refused |
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| 小题19: | | A．Tuesday | B．Wednesday | C．Monday | D．Friday |
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| 小题20: | | A．silence | B．laughter | C．voice | D．passenger |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:C
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小题1:考查形容词。结合下文“He walked with a stoop (佝偻) and a sad look on his face 他行走时驼着背，表情悲伤”可知这位乘客个子矮小，表情阴郁。grey阴沉的；沉闷的。
小题2:考查动词。当他艰难地上了（board）公车，独自做到驾驶员身后的座位上时，很少有人过多的注意到他。结合下文the old man boarded the bus energetically 。board vt. 上（飞机、车、船等）。
小题3:考查名词。结合he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand和下文The summer went by可知时间应在7月份。
小题4:考查动词。他向驾驶员问好并且在他坐下来之前微笑。司机警惕地点点头。
小题5:考查动词。结合下文，此处应填褒义词。句意：微笑着大声的说：“各位早上好啊！”
小题6:考查介词短语。句意：一些人慢慢的抬起头觉得很奇怪，有些人嘀咕着小声回应着：“早上好！in reply作为答复。
小题7:考查名词。结合意义wide 只能修饰tie领带。句意：我们的朋友现在穿着体面的一个旧外套和一个过时的宽领带。稀疏的头发也是精心梳理的。
小题8:考查副词。他每天向我们问好，我们也逐渐的（gradually）互相点头致意，相互交谈起来了。
小题9:考查动词短语。司机转过头来笑着问道。turn around转过身。
小题10:考查动词。其他的乘客兴奋地吹着口哨（whistle），朝他鼓掌。
小题11:考查名词。他挥舞着（手里的）鲜花坐到了他的位子上。
小题12:考查形容词。常乘这趟车的（normal）一些人也开始带些花给老人。
小题13:考查名词。夏去秋来。
小题14:考查名词。清晨查理没有在他通常的站点等候。
小题15:考查副词。……他是不是病了或者我们更希望（hopefully ）他在某个地方度假。
小题16:考查名词。Charlie那个老绅士是个好人……。
小题17:考查名词。但那周他一直没有来过老年中心。
小题18:考查动词。他们期待着他周一会来。
小题19:考查名词。结合上文的on Monday。
小题20:考查名词。公车上静悄悄的。我们手拿鲜花，眼含泪水坐在公车上。 |
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My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was 36 the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me 37 to do it well, telling me to 38 to shine the shoes again if the customer wasn’t 39 .
I was proud of working in the restaurant 40 I was also working for the good of the family. But my father 41 said that I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. I 42 to be on time, hard-working, and polite to the 43 . I was 44 paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of suggesting to Dad that he 45 give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring in your friends 46 free soft drinks?” He 47 the amount of money I owed him, about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being 48 in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted（升职） to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the 49 thing Dad said was, “How about your 50 up tonight?” I couldn’t 51 my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But 52 didn’t matter. As far as Dad was concerned, I was just 53 member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me that the devotion(奉献) to a 54 is above all. It has nothing to do with 55 that team is for a family restaurant or the US Army.
| 小题1: | | A．washing | B．shining | C．changing | D．repairing |
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| 小题3: | | A．offer | B．refuse | C．continue | D．forget |
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| 小题4: | | A．interested | B．annoyed | C．relaxed | D．satisfied |
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| 小题5: | | A．if | B．because | C．when | D．though |
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| 小题6: | | A．anxiously | B．strangely | C．clearly | D．secretly |
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| 小题7: | | A．had | B．tended | C．hated | D．pretended |
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| 小题8: | | A．family | B．workers | C．customers | D．friends |
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| 小题9: | | A．never | B．always | C．seldom | D．already |
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| 小题10: | | A．must | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题12: | | A．worked out | B．decided on | C．set aside | D．cut down |
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| 小题13: | | A．absent | B．over | C．away | D．alone |
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| 小题14: | | A．usual | B．last | C．next | D．first |
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| 小题15: | | A．washing | B．going | C．cleaning | D．turning |
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| 小题16: | | A．cover | B．follow | C．believe | D．understand |
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| 小题18: | | A．no | B．either | C．any | D．another |
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| 小题19: | | A．team | B．family | C．leader | D．restaurant |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．whether | C．how | D．why |
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I still remember my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers: “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all.
My teacher was called Mr. Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr. Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: “Timbuktu”, and Mr. Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: “Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr. Jones said I was right. This didn’t make me very popular, of course.
“He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.
“He’s big enough and useless enough.” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.
I suppose Mr. Jones, who served as the judge, remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty (惩罚). As the boy kicked the ball to my right, I threw myself down instinctively (本能地) and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were injured and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.
“Do you want to join my gang (帮派)?” he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.
小题1:The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “ ”.| A．How old are you? | | B．Where are you from? | | C．Do you want to join my gang? | | D．When did you come back to London? |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that .| A．boys were usually unfriendly to new students | | B．the writer was not greeted as he expected | | C．Brian praised the writer for his cleverness | | D．the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper |
小题3:The underlined part “I didn’t stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not .| A．noticeable | B．welcome | C．important | D．foolish |
小题4:The writer was offered a handkerchief because .| A．he threw himself down and saved the goal | | B．he pushed a player on the other team | | C．he was beginning to be accepted | | D．he was no longer a newcomer |
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Mother’s Day was coming，but John had been visiting customers．He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do．
He went into the shop and saw a young man 26 the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars，but the clerk just explained that roses were 27 ．
The clerk looked up at John， 28 her head．Something inside of John was 29 by the boy’s voice．John had been 30 in his business，and he looked at the clerk and 31 mouthed that he would pay for the roses．
The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars．The young man almost jumped into the 32 and ran from the store with the 33 ．It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of 34 ．
John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the 35 would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her．He drove away from the shop，feeling very 36 ．He caught a light about two blocks away．As he 37 at the light，he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk．He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates．Suddenly，he 38 that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery(公墓)．
The light 39 ，and John slowly crossed the intersection．He 40 and on an impulse(冲动)got out and began to fclllow the boy．The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his 41 ．He began to cry after he carefully 42 the roses on the grave．He stared at the little boy’s heaving(起伏的) body and listened to his crying．
John turned with 43 ，and walked back to his car．He drove 44 to the shop and told the clerk he would 45 the flowers personally．He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her．
| 小题1: | | A．begging | B．ordering | C．forcing | D．urging |
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| 小题2: | | A．cheap | B．beautiful | C．expensive | D．special |
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| 小题3: | | A．shaking | B．waving | C．nodding | D．holding |
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| 小题4: | | A．recalled | B．touched | C．hurt | D．lightened |
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| 小题5: | | A．influenced | B．ruined | C．buried | D．blessed |
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| 小题6: | | A．loudly | B．silently | C．gently | D．calmly |
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| 小题7: | | A．river | B．air | C．lake | D．hole |
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| 小题8: | | A．money | B．flowers | C．basket | D．cards |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprise | B．horror | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题10: | | A．delivery | B．message | C．transportation | D．transfer |
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| 小题11: | | A．relaxed | B．disappointed | C．good | D．sorry |
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| 小题12: | | A．sang | B．waited | C．looked | D．stood |
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| 小题13: | | A．remembered | B．found | C．discovered | D．realized |
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| 小题14: | | A．flashed | B．changed | C．disappeared | D．shone |
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| 小题15: | | A．drove back | B．pulled over | C．broke down | D．burst out |
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| 小题16: | | A．arms | B．palms | C．feet | D．knees |
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| 小题17: | | A．laid | B．decorated | C．set | D．grew |
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| 小题18: | | A．laughter | B．anger | C．tears | D．astonishment |
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| 小题19: | | A．slowly | B．quickly | C．carefully | D．excitedly |
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| 小题20: | | A．bring | B．fetch | C．take | D．catch |
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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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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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