When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the
Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born.I loved this bird; I would 1 him for
hours. He would 2 effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 3 and
float there beautifully. Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move
4 into the grasses. We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 5 "pink-colored feet";
meksikatsi and I became very good friends.
The bird had a very particular significance to me 6 I desperately wanted to be able to fly too. I felt
very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 7 was impossible. And
most of the things that I 8 about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other
people.
When I was ten years old, something unexpected 9 my life suddenly. I found myself become an 10
child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 11 position that many native Americans find
themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but 12 two cultures.
A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is
what 13 people have called that bird for thousands of years. Meksikatsi, he said, was really "duck". I was
very 14 with English. I could not understand it. First of all, the bird did not look like"duck", and when it
made a 15 , it did not sound like "duck", I was even more 16 when I found out that the meaning of the
verb "to duck" came from the bird.
As I 17 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 18 , but I never forgot
that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning. I 19 that languages are not just different words for the
same things but totally different 20 , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world. |
( )1. A.keep
( )2. A.jump
( )3. A.nest
( )4. A.quickly
( )5. A.means
( )6. A.though
( )7. A.communication
( )8. A.dreamed
( )9. A.improved
( )10. A. educated
( )11. A. weak
( )12. A. between
( )13. A. most
( )14. A. desperate
( )15. A. noise
( )16. A. ashamed
( )17. A. tried
( )18. A. evidence
( )19. A. identified
( )20. A. concepts | B. watch
B. dive
B. hill
B. naturally
B. reads
B. because
B. imagination
B. worried
B. enriched
B. adopted
B. comfortable
B. against
B. few
B. bored
B. call
B. confused
B. came
B. distinction
B. confirmed
B. regulations | C. follow
C. circle
C. water
C. freely
C. shows
C. while
C. belief
C. knew
C. changed
C. outgoing
C. terrible
C. without
C. their
C. uncomfortable
C. decision
C. embarrassed
C. determined
C. profit
C. realized
C. messages | D. search
D. wander
D. road
D. quietly
D. states
D. until
D. flight
D. argued
D. ruined
D. independent
D. central
D. beyond
D. my
D. disappointed
D. choice
D. frightened
D. expected
D. sense
D. predicted
D. evaluations |
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试题【完形填空。 When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies o】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | Last year, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, DC.I heard a voice say, "Can you help me?"
When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended. Immediately, I pulled
out all of my change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her. But the blind woman
smiled and said, "I don"t want your money. I just need help finding the post office."
In an instant, I realized what I had done.I acted with prejudice―I judged another person simply
for what I assumed she had to be. I hated what I saw in myself.
The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant.I left Honduras and arrived in
the US at the age of 15.I started my new life with two suitcases,my brother and sister. Through the
years, I have been a doorkeeper, cashier and pizza delivery driver among many other humble (卑微的)
jobs,and eventually I became a network engineer.
In my own life, I have experienced prejudice. I remember a time―at the age of 17―when I was a
busboy, I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like
me.
But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget
who I am, where I have been,and to lose sight of where I want to be going.That blind woman on the
streets cured me of my blindness. She reminded me of my belief in humility (谦虚). By the way, I helped
that lady to the post office. I hope to thank her for the priceless lesson. | | 1. How did the writer give the blind woman money? | A. In a modest way
B. In a polite way
C. In an impatient way.
D. In a painful way | | 2. According to the text, the writer ______. | A. still lives a poor life
B. was busy with his work
C. was born in Honduras
D. was a native of Washington D.C. | | 3. According to the text, the author most probably agrees that one should ______. | A. be nice to the elderly and the disabled
B. try to experience different kinds of culture
C. treat others equally with love and respect
D. think about one"s past as often as possible | | 4. What would be the best title of the text? | A. A priceless lesson
B. An act of prejudice
C. A sightseeing trip
D. A humble moment | | 完形填空。 | In the city of Fujisawa, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she arrived, however, she 1 of
going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 2 was from the textbooks the had
read. "I had a 3 in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room. Mummy 4 cakes and their teenage
daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."
Atsuko 5 to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 6
world. "People were struggling with problems and often seemed 7 ," she said. "I felt very alone." One
of the hardest 8 was physical education. "We played volleyball,"she said. "The other students were 9
it, but I wasn"t."
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 10 the ball to her teammates so they could knock it
11 the net. No problem for most people. But is terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 12 she
failed. A young man. On her team 13 what she was going through. "He walked up to me and 14 ,"Come
on, You can do that.""
"You will never understand how those words of 15 . made me feel…Four words…You can do that.
I felt like crying with happiness."
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 16 .
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan,working as a salesclerk. "I have 17 forgotten the words,"
she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 18 to her. "He probably doesn"t even
remember it." she said, That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person―cruel or kind―
you have no ides how long the words will 19 . She"s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four
20 words; You can do that. | ( )1. A. learned
( )2. A. way
( )3. A. photo
( )4. A. baking
( )5. A. hoped
( )6. A. described
( )7. A. tense
( )8. A. times
( )9. A. curious about
( )10. A. kick
( )11. A. through
( )12. A. after
( )13. A. believed
( )14. A. warned
( )15. A. excitement
( )16. A. interested
( )17. A. never
( )18. A. happened
( )19. A. continue
( )20. A. merciful | B. spoke
B. life
B. painting
B. frying
B. arranged
B. imagined
B. cheerful
B. questions
B. good at
B. pass
B. into
B. if
B. considered
B. sighed
B. encouragement
B. doubtful
B. already
B. applied
B. stay
B. bitter | C. dreamed
C. education
C. picture
C. steaming
C. liked
C. created
C. relaxed
C. classes
C. slow at
C. carry
C. over
C. because
C. wondered
C. ordered
C. persuasion
C. puzzled
C. seldom
C. seemed
C. exist
C. simple | D. heard
D. spirit
D. drawing
D. drawing
D. attempted
D. discovered
D. deserted
D. projects
D. nervous about
D. hit
D. past
D. until
D. sensed
D. whispered
D. suggestion
D. sure
D. almost
D. meane
D. live
D. easy | | 阅读理解。 | Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The
collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.
Here"s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk"s mistake,
we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about
our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be
grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might
never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don"t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we
would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect.
We would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family
and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk"s
attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving
the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain
the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts
lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it"s easy to think and act
honorably again when we"re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it"s started, it"s
easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness. | | 1. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our _____. | A. self-respect
B. financial rewards
C. advertising ability
D. friendly relationship | | 2. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to _____. | A. lying
B. stealing
C. cheating
D. advertising | | 3. The phrase "bringing the error to the clerk"s attention" (in para. 5) means _____. | A. telling the truth to the clerk
B. offering advice to the clerk
C. asking the clerk to be more attentive
D. reminding the clerk of the charged item | | 4. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake? | A. We"ll be very excited.
B. We"ll feel unfortunate.
C. We"ll have a sense of honor.
D. We"ll feel sorry for the clerk. | | 5. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage? | A. How to Live Truthfully
B. Importance of Peacefulness
C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect
D. Happiness through Honorable Actions | | 阅读理解。 | Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The
ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman.
Thirty years have passed, but Odland can"t get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman"s kind
reaction(反应). She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odland. "It"s
OK. It wasn"t your fault." When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO (总裁)
with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter.
Odland isn"t the only CEO to have made this discovery. Rather, it seems to be one of those few laws
of the land that every CEO learns on the way up. It"s hard to get a dozen CEO"s to agree about anything,
but most agree with the Waiter Rule. They say how others treat the CEO says nothing. But how others
treat the waiter is like a window into the soul.
Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, "I could but this place and
fire you," or "I know the owner and I could have you fired." Those who say such things have shown
more about their character (人品) than about their wealth and power.
The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He wrote
a best-selling book called Swanson"s Unwritten Rules of Management.
"A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person," Swanson says.
"I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables." | | 1. What happened after Odland dropped the ice cream onto the woman"s dress? | A. He was fired.
B. He was blamed.
C. The woman comforted him.
D. The woman left the restaurant at once. | | 2. Odland leaned one of his life lessons from _____. | A. his experience as a waiter
B. the advice given by the CEOs
C. an article in Fortune
D. an interesting best-selling book | | 3. According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about _____. | A. Fortune 500 companies
B. the Management Rules
C. Swanson"s book
D. the Waiter Rule | | 4. From the text we can learn that _____. | A. one should be nicer to important people
B. CEOs often show their power before others
C. one should respect others no matter who they are
D. CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants | | 阅读理解。 | When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, "Well, it"s so-and-so"s fault." or "I know
I"m late, but it"s not my fault; the car broke down." It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit
of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could
do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if
you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner"s
key to success.
Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down,
maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the
useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes
you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or
inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don"t rely on this person.
You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of
how your colleague fails to do his job well.
This is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful
no matter what happens. Winners don"t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult
situation to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities
to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on "whose fault it is." Once you are confident about your
power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success. | | 1. According to the passage, winners _____. | A. deal with problems rather than blame others
B. meet with fewer difficulties in their byes
C. have responsible and able colleagues
D. blame themselves rather than others | | 2. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____. | A. avoid
B. accept
C. impure
D. Consider | | 3. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should _____. | A. find a better way to handle the problem
B. blame him for his lack of responsibility
C. tell him to find the cause of the problem
D. ask a more able colleague for help | | 4. When problems occur, winners take them as _____. | A. excuses for their failures
B. barriers to greater power
C. challenges to their colleagues
D. chances for self-development | | 5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? | A. A Winner"s Secret.
B. A Winner"s Problem.
C. A Winner"s Opportunity.
D. A Winner"s Achievement. |
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