题目内容
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple(夫妇)who were also paying for gas.I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car, I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays wonderful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and told them my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck (小货车) to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
"Thank you" - two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.
【小题1】 The writer planned to stop at Oklahoma City ______.
A.to visit a friend | B.to see his parents |
C.to pay at the cash register | D.to have more gas for his car |
A.turned off | B.moved off | C.put up | D.set up |
A.He had it pulled back to the gas station. |
B.The couple sent him a business card. |
C.The couple offered to help him. |
D.He called his friend for help. |
A.something went wrong with the lights |
B.the meeting lasted a whole day |
C.he forgot to turn off the lights |
D.he drove too long a distance |
A.how to write a thank-you letter |
B.how to deal with(处理)car problems |
C.the kind-heartedness of older people |
D.the importance of expressing thanks |
【小题1】A
【小题1】B
【小题1】C
【小题1】C
【小题1】D解析:
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When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.
The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so beautiful, and it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down with heavy fruits. It was full of life and fulfillment(收获).
The man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn't judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the fulfillment of your autumn." said the old man
It is true that we shouldn't let the hard season break the happiness of the other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.
【小题1】Why did the old man ask his sons to look at the pear tree?
A.Because he liked. eating pears. |
B.Because the tree was important to his family. |
C.Because he wanted to teach them not to judge things too quickly. |
D.Because his sons didn't judge things quickly. |
A.Spring | B.Summer | C.Autumn | D.Winter |
A.叶子 | B.枝条 | C.果实 | D.花蕾 |
A.The pear tree was near his home. |
B.The third son said the tree was beautiful. |
C.The four sons all liked the tree. |
D.Even you give up in winter, you can still get hope in other seasons |
A.Don't judge a life by one difficult season. |
B.Father's love is great. |
C.Every tree has four seasons. |
D.Life is different for everyone. |
One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家)in England, I brought David into my office. His face was pale and he looked at his own feet.
David lost his father when he was two years old and lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But when he was 13 ,his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident. His teacher told me that he refused to talk to others form then on.
David didn’t say a word. As he was leaving, I put my hand on his shoulder.“Come back next week if you like.” I said.
He came and I suggested(建议)we play a game of chess. He agreed. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon—in complete silence. Usually, he arrived earlier than we agreed. It seemed that he liked to be with me.
Months later, when I was looking at his head, he suddenly looked up at me. “It’s your turn.” He said. After that day, David started started talking. He finally got friends in school and he even joined a bicycle club. Now he started his new life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I learned more from him. I learned that time makes it possible to get over what seems to be painful. David showed me how to help people like him.
【小题1】 When David came into the writer’s office, .
A.he said hello to the writer | B.he seemed happy |
C.he looked at his own feet | D.he smiled at the writer |
A.13 | B.2 | C.5 | D.6 |
A.played chess with him | B.told stories to him |
C.wrote letters to him | D.played soccer with him |
A.chess club. | B.An art club. | C.An English club. | D.A bicycle club. |
A.After his father died, David refused to talk to others. |
B.David didn’t say anything to the writer at first. |
C.At last the writer learned a lot from David. |
D.David finally got friends in school. |
When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause (引起)people to die.
In Sweden(瑞典), King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.
Because of the experiment(实验), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.
【小题1】Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.
A.the eighteenth century | B.the eighteen century |
C.eighteenth centuries | D.eighteen centuries |
A.有趣的 | B.苦涩无味的 | C.有害的 | D.可口的 |
A.until he was over 83 |
B.until he was 83 |
C.until the other had been dead for several years |
D.until he had drunk tea for a few years |
A.much more coffee than tea | B.much tea and coffee |
C.little tea and coffee | D.much tea but little coffee |