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The swallow couple had not eaten anything for several days ___47 _ the snow. They tried to fly into people"s home to warm themselves, but every house was closed ___48 _. They got to a side of a balcony (阳台) ___49 _ wind could not reach. They jumped and flapped their wings to attract the attention of the people inside the house, who were busy with their own things. The wife"s body was __50__, she could not move any longer. The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings. The husband lost his __51__ soon because of his opened wings. The couple died in the cold and hunger, one __52__ another.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to check his flowers and saw a __53__ swallow outside the window pane, touching it, he found that they were two embracing together. Thinking of the __54__ the snow had brought to the people, he was __55__ to tears. He took them in, giving them some warmness which they could not __56__ any longer. He found a small cardboard box, filled it with some hay and __57__ the swallow couple in. He buried them in the back garden.
In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family lives in the roof of my house. They come back from the __58__ every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have grown up, they fly to the south for __59__. I wonder if they will come back this spring as they __60__.
41．A．protecting B．maintaining C．blocking D．keeping
42．A．even B．still C．yet D．nevertheless
43．A．fight B．fighting C．to fight D．fought
44．A．to B．from C．with D．for
45．A．process B．procedure C．practice D．progress
46．A．common B．widespread C．well-known D．familiar
47．A．regardless of B．instead of C．in addition to D．because of
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50．A．frozen B．terrified C．worried D．scared
51．A．faith B．heart C．courage D．heat
52．A．fastening B．packing C．wrapping D．fixing
53．A．dead B．live C．lively D．lovely
54．A．need B．hardship C．poverty D．shortage
55．A．affected B．moved C．encouraged D．satisfied
56．A．find B．gain C．own D．feel
57．A．laid B．lay C．let D．allowed
58．A．west B．east C．south D．north
59．A．spring B．winter C．summer D．autumn
60．A．were B．had C．do D．did
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41．C。因南方连续下雪，特别寒冷，此处是大雪封住/堵住了铁路，公路，飞机的跑道。而不可能是保护（protecting）、保养（maintaining）保持（keeping）。
42．A。此处进一步讲述情况的严重性。A项even（甚至）是合适的选项。still（仍然）没有递进之意；yet（仍然，还）常用否定疑问句中；nevertheless（然而，虽然如此，依然）。
43．C。此处是一个固定句式：do everything/ what one can to do sth. 尽力做某事。其中不定式to fight 表目的，作目的状语。
44．B。句意：没有人被冻死，没有人被饿死。from(因……而死)表示由于外部原因引起的死亡。
45．A。在抗灾的过程中，发生了很多感人的故事。Process（做某事的）过程，procedure 办事程序；手续，步骤；practice 实践，做法；progress进展，进程，进步。
46．B。句意：人类在雪灾中自救的时候，忘记了他们的动物朋友，直到一对燕子夫妇的感人故事在网上流传开来，人们才想起他们。Widespread（尤指）流传广的，遍及的 common 共同的；well-known著名的；familiar熟悉的。
47．D。大雪使燕子夫妇找不到食物，他们已经几天没有吃东西了。because of因为；regardless of 不管，不顾；instead of 代替； in addition to除……之外。
48．B。他们想飞进人们的家里躲避寒冷，可是，每家的窗户都关得紧紧的。tightly 紧紧地loosely 松松地；roughly 粗糙地，草率地；lightly轻轻地。
49．C。他们来到一个阳台背风的地方。此处是定语从句，which在从句中作reach的宾语。
50．A。此时，妻子的身体已经被冻僵了，她趴下不动了。frozen 冻僵；terrified使恐怖； worried 担心；scared害怕。
51．D。由于翅膀张开，丈夫身上的热量很快就散发完了。lose his heat 热量散发；lose his faith 失去信心/信仰/信任；lose his heart to sB．爱上某人；lose his courage失去通气。
52．C。就这样，两只燕子在饥饿中被冻死在一起。由上文wrapped his wife with his wings可知。wrap 包或裹某物/某人；fasten系住某物；使某物联结在一起；pack装点/打点某物；塞满/挤满某处；fix安装，固定。
53．A。第二天，主人察看自己阳台上的花，看到一只死去的燕子。因天气寒冷，自然是冻死的；而不会是live (活的)、lively (活泼的)、lovely (可爱的)燕子。
54．B。想到这些天人们在暴风雪中的遭遇。hardship苦难，困苦；need 需要，必要；poverty 贫困，贫穷；shortage短缺，缺乏。
55．B。主人非常感动。be moved to tears感动得流泪。be affected受影响；be encouraged受到鼓舞；be satisfied感到满意。
56．D。他把燕子拿到屋里，给他们一些他们再也感受不到的温暖。feel 感觉到，感受到，体会到，体验到（身体上或情绪上的情况）；find 觉得，发现；gain获得，得到；own 拥有，占有。
57．A。laid（搁置，放置）与前文found和filled 是并列谓语，表示动作依次发生。
58．C。由常识可知，每年春天燕子一家都会从南方回来生儿育女。
59．B。秋天小燕子长大就会同父母一起飞到南方过冬。
60．D。不知道今年他们一家还能不能象往常一样回来。did 是助动词，替代came back，避免重复。
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试题【Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country. It snowed continuo】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and — WHUMP! — it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. " That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?" "Please, mister, please....I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!" begged the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. "It’s my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled of the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. "Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman," Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.
Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE — a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.
1. The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ________.
A. the businessman drove at a high speed B. he envied the brand-new car very much
C. he wanted to ask for some money D. he wanted to get help from the driver
2. Which of the following is the right order of the story?
a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.
b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.
c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.
d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.
e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.
A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. b, a, c, e, d D. a, c, b, e, d
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Josh would accept the money from the kids. B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.
C. Josh was a kind-hearted man. D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.
4. According to the passage, the last sentence means ________.
A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life
B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous
C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble
D. protecting oneself from being hurt
Michelle is blind, but she makes such good use of her other senses that guests rarely realize that she is blind.
When my daughter Kayla came back from her home, she was very 1 about her day. She told me that she had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was especially excited about her finger-painting project. “I learned how to 2 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! Michelle 3 with us too. She said she liked how the paint feels through her fingers,” said Kayla.
Something about my child’s excitement caught my 4 . this made me sit down and take a look at my child and at myself.
Then Kayla said, “Michelle told me my picture showed joy, 5 and a sense of accomplishment. She 6 saw what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger-painting felt until Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
This is when I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 7 in conversation. When I told her, she was quiet for a moment. At first, she didn’t 8 me. “ But mommy, Michelle understood exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla insisted. I knew my child was 9 because Michelle had listened to Kayla when she 10 her artwork. Michelle had listened to Kayla’s pride in her work, and her wonder at her discovery of the way colors blend.
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Fortunately he had a strong—willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to learn success” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words, came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words--as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn（典当） her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed john closely until he become very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind:” Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!” Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America--worth $150 million.
小题1: What does the story mainly want to show us?
| A．The key to success for blacks. |
| B．The mental support John’s mother gave him. |
| C．The importance of a good education. |
| D．How John H. Johnson became successful. |
| A．Because his father died when John was very young. |
| B．Because life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown. |
| C．Because John needed more education badly. |
| D．Because there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown. |
| A．John’s mother didn’t believe in or depend on others. |
| B．John’s mother believed one would succeed without working hard. |
| C．John’s mother thought one could be whatever one wanted to be. |
| D．John’s mother thought no one could succeed without working hard. |
| A．No failure can be beaten unless you try. |
| B．If you try, you would succeed. |
| C．A try is always followed by a failure. |
| D．A failure is difficult to beat, even if you try. |
One day when we passed the flower lady with Lily, the flower lady smiled at her and said, “Come here. I have something for you.” She handed her a beautiful flower. Lily dropped the stem and held on to that flower until we came back home. We placed it in water and enjoyed the beauty of that flower along with the feelings of warmth and kindness from the flower lady.
My neighbors would run to her to get a bouquet of flowers whenever they wanted to, and I used to give directions(为人指路) using the flower lady. I would say, “Walk for three blocks. You’ll see the flower lady. Turn right at that street.”
My mom visits me each year. On her first summer visit this year, she looked at me and asked, “Where’s the flower lady?”
I had no idea. The flower lady had been an icon(偶像) for me for 16 years, but now she wasn’t there any more.
I went on a search and soon found her in another spot, at the Harbor Loop. I was glad to see her and I had to tell her that she was missed!
I have a garden which I admire very much now. Every time I see those bright colors when I come home after a day of work, I remember the generosity of a dear old lady whom I only know as the flower lady.
56. When the flower lady gave Lily a flower, Lily _____.
A. accepted it happily
B. paid for it and walked home quickly
C. accepted it and forgot that other people were laughing at her
D. felt sorry for not being able to pay for it
57. Why did the author give directions using the flower lady?
A. Because the flower lady used to give her daughter many flowers.
B. Because she felt grateful for the flower lady’s generosity and warmth.
C. Because her neighbors usually bought flowers from the flower lady.
D. Because the flower lady ran the flower shop with her and her mother.
58. From the passage, we know that _____.
A. it was the flower lady who taught the author how to grow flowers
B. the author didn’t know the flower lady’s address or name
C. the flower lady used to sell flowers in one place all the time
D. the flower lady might keep on offering the author flowers
59. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The Stick Girl B. Beautiful Flowers C. The Flower Lady D. Buying Flowers
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time,both deserving your attention.You can only take up one of them,the other has to wait or be given up.But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind.Thus you are caught in a fix and feel sad.How come that nice opportunities and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once?It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one alternative to the other.
In fact that is what life is like:we are often faced with the two opposite aspects of a thing which are both desirable like newspaper cutting.It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we are engaged in another.The former may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind.I still remember a philosopher’s remarks:“When one door shuts,another opens in life.” So a casual or passive choice may not be a bad one.
Whatever we do in our lifetime,wherever life’s storm tosses us,there must be something we can achieve,some shore we can land,that opens up new vistas to us.Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative door open for every one.While the front door is closed,there must be another open for you.
小题1:When the writer finds a good article in reading newspapers,______.
| A．he is always glad to cut and keep it |
| B．he is always hesitant to cut and keep it |
| C．he often has a desire to cut and keep it |
| D．he often finds it difficult to decide which side to cut and keep |
| A．he fails to choose a good essay |
| B．he fails to cut the two essays on both sides well |
| C．he finds the essay on the opposite side is better |
| D．he finds that he just keeps the text without the subject |
| A．You’re trapped in a trouble. |
| B．You find it difficult to fix something. |
| C．You are trapped in a situation where you can’t decide which choice is better. |
| D．You have so many opportunities that you don’t know which to choose. |
| A．Paper Cutting | B．Two Opposite Sides |
| C．Difficult Choices | D．Another Door |
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