When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents．Every day they were busy earning money so that they could 36 the high tuition my brother and I needed．They didn’t 37 in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV．
One day, Mom was sewing a quilt（被子）．I 38 sat down beside her．“Mom, I have a 39 here,” I said after a while．“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 40 voice．
Mom stopped her work and raised her head with 41 in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt．I was 42 if I had hurt her．I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do．But at last she said, very 43 , “Susan, look at this 44 ．Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting．If 45 is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there． 46 is inside．”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until years later．
One day, Dad accidentally got 47 while on duty．Ever since then he could no longer 48
properly．Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road．Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees．The leaves were gently glistening 49 the sun shining upon them．All of these made up the most beautiful 50 in the world．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?”” I asked him one day． “Susan, don’t worry shout me,” he said gently． “I just like walking with your mom．I like this kind of life．” Looking into his eyes, I 51 what they meant．
The doctor had said Dad would 52 in two months．But that day never came．He 53 away in peace．
54 I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses．But from this 55 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, which makes life strong and warm…
| 小题1: | | A．afford | B．cost | C．spend | D．offer |
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| 小题3: | | A．happily | B．silently | C．secretly | D．nervously |
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| 小题4: | | A．request | B．problem | C．message | D．question |
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| 小题5: | | A．loud | B．light | C．low | D．clear |
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| 小题6: | | A．surprise | B．anger | C．stress | D．horror |
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| 小题7: | | A．amazed | B．confused | C．shocked | D．ashamed |
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| 小题8: | | A．quickly | B．excitedly | C．bitterly | D．gently |
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| 小题9: | | A．quilt | B．needle | C．thread | D．sewing |
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| 小题10: | | A．belief | B．work | C．experience | D．life |
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| 小题11: | | A．Warmth | B．Thread | C．Cotton | D．Love |
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| 小题12: | | A．tired | B．drunk | C．ill | D．injured |
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| 小题13: | | A．talk | B．walk | C．work | D．think |
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| 小题15: | | A．signs | B．symbols | C．pictures | D．reflections |
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| 小题16: | | A．read | B．doubted | C．translated | D．recognized |
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| 小题17: | | A．retire | B．recover | C．regain | D．remove |
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| 小题18: | | A．passed | B．escaped | C．faded | D．turned |
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| 小题19: | | A．Again | B．Once | C．Then | D．Later |
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| 小题20: | | A．lesson | B．account | C．experience | D．accident |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
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:C
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C |
小题1:句意为：“他们忙着挣钱，以便能够支付我和我的弟弟需要的高昂学费。”afford和can/could 连用表示“付得起钱或抽得出时间”。
小题2:句意为：“他们没有按照我在书中读到的或在电视中看到的浪漫的方式做事。act做事，行事。
小题3:由于作者有一个严肃的问题想问母亲，所以她静静地坐在母亲旁边。
小题4:从后文的问句可知答案从B或D中选择。考查question和problem的区别。对于让对方回答的问题要用question。
小题5:由于这个问题很严肃，所以作者只能用低低的声音问。
小题6:作者的母亲没有想到作者会问这样的一个问题，所以刚听到的时候母亲眼中充满了惊奇。
小题7:从后句中的“我很尴尬和我不知道要做什么”，我们可以知道作者不知道自己是否伤害了母亲，所以该空用confused表示“困惑的，不清楚的”。
小题8:过了一会儿，母亲语气柔和地说道。在这样一个充满温情的情景中，说话的声音自然是很轻很柔和的。
小题9:根据语境知道是指线，有时露出被子，有时隐藏在被子中。
小题10:后文的句子I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.暗示答案用life，作者把生活比喻为被子。
小题11:文章讲的是父母之间是否有爱，所以用love。爱是内在的，是用实际行动来灌溉的。
小题12:get injured 受伤。
小题13:由下文中的help Dad walk slowly on the country road可知父亲受伤后不能正常地到处行走。
小题14:考查with复合结构，在该句中用with复合结构表示伴随。
小题15:落叶和母亲搀扶父亲行走的画面构成了世界上最美丽的图画。
小题16:read可以做“理解，读懂”，如：read one’s thought等。
小题17:recover受伤后的恢复健康。
小题18:从前句中的but可知父亲没有恢复健康，而是平静地离开了人世。pass away去世。
小题19:过去作者认为爱意味着鲜花等，但是现在作者理解了爱的真正含义，所以答案为B。
小题20:从这次经历中作者明白了爱的真正含义。 |
核心考点
试题【When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents．Eve】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I __21___asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt if I’ll be able to __22__ it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.
My mind could not ___23__the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to __24__ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same __25__. Why had I even taken trouble to ask? __26__, there was always a slight hope that tonight would be __27__.
As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends__28__ me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the __29__ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, __30__ three others. I followed my classmates to the __31__. When I reached out my hand to shake the __32__, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera ___33__ my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat __34___.
Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage. I told myself he would not be __35__. But the strong smell of alcohol hit me as soon as I __36__inside, and I could feel my tears __37__ . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him __38__ on the couch.
__39__ did Father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more__40__ than his whiskey bottle.
| 小题1: | | A．confidently | B．eagerly | C．proudly | D．fearfully |
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| 小题2: | | A．reach | B．keep | C．take | D．make |
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| 小题3: | | A．create | B．support | C．appreciate | D．accept |
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| 小题4: | | A．watch | B．avoid | C．attend | D．speed |
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| 小题5: | | A．excuse | B．reply | C．promise | D．trick |
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| 小题6: | | A．Besides | B．Thus | C．Otherwise | D．However |
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| 小题7: | | A．active | B．formal | C．different | D．serious |
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| 小题8: | | A．recognized | B．greeted | C．encouraged | D．showed |
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| 小题9: | | A．air | B．audience | C．school | D．playground |
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| 小题10: | | A．rather than | B．other than | C．except for | D．along with |
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| 小题11: | | A．stage | B．position | C．office | D．exit |
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| 小题12: | | A．Jill’s | B．teacher’s | C．mother’s | D．father’s |
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| 小题13: | | A．fixed | B．touched | C．hurt | D．inserted |
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| 小题14: | | A．successfully | B．disappointedly | C．delightedly | D．hopefully |
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| 小题15: | | A．drunk | B．woken | C．forgiven | D．hidden |
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| 小题16: | | A．stepped | B．noticed | C．examined | D．glanced |
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| 小题17: | | A．getting off | B．taking down | C．building up | D．turning around |
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| 小题18: | | A．learning | B．lying | C．putting | D．carrying |
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| 小题19: | | A．How | B．Where | C．Why | D．Whether |
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| 小题20: | | A．perfect | B．comfortable | C．fortunate | D．important |
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He almost didn’t see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front her Mercedes and got out.
Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe; he looked poor and hungry. He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt.
He said, “I am here to help you, ma’am. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.”
Well , all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was just passing through. She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid.
Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened, had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were many people who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, “And think of me.”
He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.
小题1:This story most probably took place_______.| A．in a garage | B．on a highway | C．in a busy street | D．near a gas station |
小题2:When the man approached the old lady, the first thing he did was to______.| A．ask what was wrong with her car | B．get the old lady out of her car | | C．change her tire as soon as possible | D．make her know he wanted to help her |
小题3:The underlined part in Paragraph 6 suggests that________.| A．the old lady had got ready to pay the man | | B．the old lady was grateful to the man | | C．the man had a lot of difficulty changing the tire | | D．the man didn’t stop changing the tire |
小题4:Which of the following words can best describe the man?| A．Warm-hearted and sensitive. | B．Careful and serious. | | C．Thoughtful and helpful. | D．Generous and open-minded. |
小题5: It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______________.| A．the man was happy after helping the old lady | | B．the man received a lot of money from the old lady | | C．the man made the old lady feel cold and depressed | | D．the man felt extremely frustrated all the way home |
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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文、掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year , I lost my best friend in high school . It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its 36 way, but mine couldn’t . I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to face 37 and their gossip at school . I was forced to 38 my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school 39 completely defeated . All I wanted to do was 40 into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and 41 a pile of cards left by dad . Each card included a（n） 42 that is was to be opened on a 43 night that week.
I made it through that week 44 my father . Each card 45 to say just what I needed to hear.Tuesday’s card said , “The past is painful to think about and the 46 is impossible to imagine.Don’t try.Just take it one minute at a time.”On Wednesday my mood 47 when I read. “What you are feeling now is 48 and normal.It still feels very bad , but it is part of the healing 49 .”Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote.The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special 50 you face along life’s way,may you 51 that you will find the best in every day.”I was instructed to open the last card 52 the party I went to on Saturday night . In it he wisely reminded me to 53 . “The world isn’t so bad after a good laugh.The more you laugh.the more you heal.”Each card was signed , “Love , Dad.”
My world once collapsed but I 54 the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad, who made his 55 known when he couldn’t be present
| 小题1: | | A．pleasant | B．strange | C．funny | D．normal |
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| 小题2: | | A．everyone | B．anyone | C．someone | D．nobody |
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| 小题3: | | A．work out | B．meet with | C．deal with | D．come across |
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| 小题4: | | A．making | B．feeling | C．regarding | D．considering |
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| 小题5: | | A．crawl | B．push | C．jump | D．draw |
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| 小题6: | | A．invented | B．discovered | C．created | D．wrote |
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| 小题7: | | A．instruction | B．explanation | C．presentation | D．information |
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| 小题8: | | A．regular | B．flexible | C．particular | D．legal |
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| 小题9: | | A．in favor of | B．regardless of | C．in search of | D．because of |
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| 小题10: | | A．seemed | B．happened | C．occurred | D．intended |
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| 小题11: | | A．life | B．future | C．dream | D．result |
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| 小题12: | | A．fell | B．passed | C．flew | D．lifted |
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| 小题13: | | A．false | B．honest | C．natural | D．innocent |
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| 小题14: | | A．content | B．process | C．cure | D．progress |
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| 小题15: | | A．destruction | B．competition | C．challenges | D．permission |
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| 小题16: | | A．trust | B．guess | C．predict | D．succeed |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．since | C．after | D．till |
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| 小题18: | | A．cry | B．scream | C．sing | D．laugh |
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| 小题19: | | A．got through | B．looked through | C．broke through | D．put throngh |
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| 小题20: | | A．schedule | B．concept | C．soul | D．confidence |
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It was her laughing that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender (someone that does something wrong), I asked for the 36 . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet 37 between teacher and student. When she finally 38 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn 39 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, 40 , was working angrily as I struggled not to 41 . I figured I knew the two students who were most likely to draw the picture. It would do them some 42 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself 43 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how 44 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason 45 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffled(抽鼻子) in the back of the classroom.
As I 46 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” A number of them said, “You give us too much homework.” Some kids said, “We’re 47 of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I 48 were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too 49 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of 50 my students, I had begun commanding them to 51 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was 52 driving them away.
I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one 53 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for 54 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．help | B．advice | C．reason | D．note |
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| 小题2: | | A．conversation | B．match | C．argument | D．battle |
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| 小题3: | | A．took | B．handed | C．turned | D．thought |
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| 小题4: | | A．statue | B．card | C．poster | D．picture |
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| 小题5: | | A．however | B．otherwise | C．therefore | D．besides |
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| 小题6: | | A．leave | B．explain | C．argue | D．cry |
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| 小题7: | | A．favor | B．harm | C．good | D．punishment |
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| 小题8: | | A．controlled | B．amused | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
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| 小题9: | | A．meaningful | B．hurtful | C．regretful | D．forgetful |
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| 小题10: | | A．aside | B．behind | C．below | D．above |
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| 小题11: | | A．read | B．finished | C．wrote | D．collected |
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| 小题12: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．afraid | D．ashamed |
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| 小题13: | | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．doubted |
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| 小题14: | | A．talkative | B．thoughtful | C．kind | D．mean |
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| 小题15: | | A．forcing | B．teaching | C．comforting | D．encouraging |
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| 小题16: | | A．achieve | B．apologize | C．fail | D．appreciate |
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| 小题17: | | A．normally | B．actually | C．immediately | D．generally |
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| 小题18: | | A．signed | B．offered | C．drawn | D．bought |
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| 小题19: | | A．thankfulness | B．pity | C．forgiveness | D．communication |
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| 小题20: | | A．friendship | B．future | C．knowledge | D．education |
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A professor I have worked pretty closely with has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. It has been devastating(悲惨的) for his family and heartbreaking for his students.
What made him extraordinary was not only that he was a rising star. He had only recently collected the highest honors for young researchers at the White House. We truly admire him—as someone put it, ‘He always has a smile and a kind word for everyone.” It is very hard to find someone who is extremely intelligent should be so nice a human being.
I decided that we needed him to know our attitude and also how we are all praying for his recovery. I bought him a simple card which read, ‘Healing thoughts and wishes coming your way.” I met all the students he worked closely with and got them to sign on it. Each student in his laboratory signed and also added a message. ‘We love you so much”, ‘We miss you! We need you back here—recover soon”… These were some of the messages that were written. Most of the students were really glad we were doing this and said it was a very good idea to give it to him.
He is still undergoing intense treatment, and along with his family is trying his best to stay optimistic and hopeful. I didn’t see a trace of self-pity or sadness when I met him last week. Instead, he paid attention to every word of my presentation and asked me several questions related to my work. I was amazed at how much he gave his 100% on that day in spite of being in pain because of chemotherapy( 化疗)，he did not know if he even had another month to live. “I am trying to focus on staying positive, hoping to be back this summer,” he said.
Needless to say, I saw an expression of joy and hope on his face as he opened the card. He said he was truly touched to see the messages from the students he worked closely with.
There is one thing I learnt from last week: It is so important to tell people how much they mean to us and what an inspiration they are before it becomes too late. My professor, in spite of being too sick to teach classes, has managed to continue being a great teacher, introducing his last valuable message to us.
小题1:The professor was admired because _______.| A．he was very intelligent | B．he had won many honors | | C．he had noble personalities | D．he was very determined |
小题2:What do the underlined words “our attitude” in paragraph 3 refer to?| A．Our worry about his health. | B．Our pray for his health. | | C．Our admiration for him. | D．Our pity for him. |
小题3: When the writer visited the professor at hospital, what surprised him was that the professor ________. | A．was suffering form great pain | B．was still very confident | | C．didn’t know he would die soon | D．still cared for others |
小题4: Of the following statements, the writer may agree that _________.| A．the professor loves his job very much | | B．few students supported the writer’s decision at first | | C．the professor will go back to teach this summer | | D．the professor often feels sorry for himself |
小题5:According to the last paragraph, what did the author learn?| A．One should remain optimistic all the time. | | B．It is important to let people know about their importance. | | C．Teachers should have a positive influence on their students. | | D．It is never too late to make a right decision. |
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