“Excuse me,” said a young man, standing shyly at the open church door. “I’m here to pick up an Easter basket for my daughter. Am I in the right place?” Well, we have baskets, but they’re not Easter baskets for kids; they’re food baskets,” I explained.
That morning I arrived at St. Micheal’s Church in Carmichael, California, to help give out the baskets to needy families for Easter. To make sure every family would receive one, we had handed out numbers to them that matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a whole ham, potatoes, bread, vegetables, and a pie --- enough food to help feed a family for a week.
“Why don’t you come in?” I said to the man. He looked disappointed. He shook his head and said, “I can’t... My daughter is waiting for me over there. I’m grateful for the food, but when I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter ... well, I thought they would be Easter baskets for children.” He continued, “I promised my daughter one, and I wanted to surprise her.”
I felt bad, but there was nothing I could do. The man handed me his number, and I walked over to the baskets. A bulge(凸起) in one of the baskets caught my eye. “What is that?” I wondered. Leaning over and looking more closely, I could see, unmistakably, an Easter basket --- filled with candy, chocolate, and Easter eggs. One of the volunteers must have added it by mistake! I thought. Then I looked at the man’s number in my hand. Well, he’ll be....
“Happy Easter,” I said to the man, handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside --- the very same basket with his number on it. “Someone knew just what you needed.”
【小题1】The young man had thought that ____________.

A.he would have an Easter basket and a food basket
B.there would be Easter baskets for children.
C.there would be children’s toys in the food basket
D.he would get enough food for the whole year.
【小题2】What did the author do at the church?
A.He worked there as a churchman.
B.He was called in to give out Easter baskets.
C.He went there to meet the young man.
D.He was a volunteer who helped there.
【小题3】The young man looked disappointed at first because ____________.
A.he was told not to take a food basket
B.there was little food in the Easter basket
C.he came so late that all the basket had been given out
D.he was told that he wouldn’t get what he wanted
【小题4】What surprised the author was that __________.
A.there was an Easter basket in the food basket
B.someone knew what the young man needed
C.one of the baskets was filled with more bread than others
D.he found that the young man’s name was on the basket
【小题5】We can infer that the young man left the church feeling ________.
A.sadB.satisfiedC.angryD.surprised

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通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When I was about twelve years old. I had an enemy (敌人),a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings. She always   1 me that I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very   2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me   3 , and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever   4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s   5 . Go and make a list of everything she said and find out if that are   6 . Pay no attention to the things that are not true.”

I did   7  he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t    8 , like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the   9  time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He   10  to take it. “That’s only just for you,” he said, “You know better than   11  else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to  12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something   13 is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them.

  14  hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.”

I have remembered my father’s   15  at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

1.                A.reminded       B.said            C.shouted  D.laughed

 

2.                A.dull            B.brave          C.angry D.happy

 

3.                A.quietly         B.carelessly       C.casually   D.differently

 

4.                A.came out       B.dealt with       C.got over  D.thought about

 

5.                A.strategies       B.ideas           C.photos   D.books

 

6.                A.crazy          B.true           C.strict D.simple

 

7.                A.as             B.against         C.since D.for

 

8.                A.produce        B.check          C.borrow   D.next

 

9.                A.decided        B.liked           C.wanted   D.refused

 

10.               A.everything      B.anyone         C.nothing   D.anything

 

11.               A.shout          B.teach          C.listen D.read

 

12.               A.that           B.why           C.where D.who

 

13.               A.so             B.or             C.for   D.but

 

14.               A.features        B.excuse         C.advice D.promises

 

 

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