题目内容

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired, I sat at the very front of the bus because of   1   to get home.Sitting at the front makes you   2   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies. Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of   3

I try to mind my manners and  4   listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day.On this day, however, her conversation was worth listening to.

"My father’s sick," she said to no one in  5 .I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes.With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, "What’s wrong with him?"

With her eyes wet and her voice tight from   6   the tears, she responded, "Heart trouble." Her eyes   7  as she continued."I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can   8  losing him.”

I couldn’t respond.I was  9  .My heart ached for her.I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   10  my own mother was thrown into when my father died.

I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her.I wouldn’t like anyone to go through that.Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver.That was just her job.She had a whole world of family and concerns too.I had never thought of her as anything but a  11   .I suddenly felt very   12  .I realized I had only thought of people as   13   as what their purposes were in my life.I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver.1 had judged her by her job and regarded her as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not even be important.I should not have been so selfish and self-centered.Everyone   14  a place to go to, people to see and appointments to   15 .Understanding people is an art.

1.A.determination B.decision    C.attempt          D.anxiety

2.A.make           B.stand        C.think            D.find

3.A.topic              B.message      C. discussion       D. conversation

4.A.devotedly     B.carelessly  C.truly            D.sincerely

5.A.common         B.silence     C.particular       D.surprise

6.A.avoiding       B.clearing    C.keeping          D.fighting

7.A.glanced       B.closed       C. lowered          D. saddened

8.A.mind           B.regret      C.bear             D.miss

9.A.angry         B.interested  C.curious          D.shocked

10.A.pain          B.pity         C.disappointment   D.mercy

11.A.daughter     B.worker       C.driver           D.passenger

12.A.selfish        B.confused   C.worried          D.sad

13.A.long          B.often        C.far              D.well

14.A.takes             B.has          C.finds            D.needs

15.A.stay              B.remain       C.keep             D.put

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

【解析】文章讲述的是作者通过和司机的谈话,意识到了自己以往对待别人的错误看法。

1.上下文,此处指的是作者想回家的急切,焦急的心情。

2.词组搭配,根据like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies可知,坐在汽车前面让他很突出,就像一堆阴暗的便士里面一个闪亮的硬币stand out 意为突出

3.上下文,根据后文可知司机想打破这种尴尬的氛围,开始了一段对话

4.上下文,根据mind my manners可知,作者想言行方面表现好点,因此想真诚地倾听。

5.句意理解,司机并没有特意在跟谁讲话

6.句意理解,根据With her eyes wet and her voice tight可知,司机在努力控制自己的感情,fight tears意为,控制不让眼泪掉下来。

7.语境,因为司机很伤心,所以此处讲的是她低垂着双眼,伤心地回忆起了母亲,也无法想象失去父亲的情景。

8.句意理解,我无法忍受再失去父亲。Bear此处意为忍受

9.上下文,作者得知这些以后感到很震惊,出乎了作者意料

10.语境,当父亲去世的时候,母亲陷入了多大的痛苦之中。

11.句意理解,我以前只把她当成了一个司机,

12.上下文,根据下文的I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver和I should not have been so selfish可知,作者认为自己没有注意到别人,感到自己以前很自私。

13.作者以前只想到别人的目的,没有想到别人的生活,as far as 就……而言

14.句意理解,每个人都有要去的地方

15.动词搭配,keep appointment 守约,践行约定

 

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第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题3分,满分60分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sarah Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school:

Wentworth Girls’ school

Beachside

July 20th

Dearest Mom and Dad,

I’ m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking in bed. This breaks the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away.

Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire.

There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning.

The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I’m very sorry about this.

Much love,

Sarah

P. S.  None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad the things could have been!

56.Sarah wrote home to        .

         A.tell her parents about the fire               B.ask for a lot of money

         C.tell her parents she had failed her exams               D.tell her parents she had to leave school

57.Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire?

         A.She wanted to worry them.

         B.She wanted to make them laugh.

         C.She wanted to make them less angry at the real news.

         D.She wanted to warn them about what the principal was going to do.

58.The letter before the P. S. was ________.

         A.mostly true                B.partly true                           C.all true               D.completely untrue

59.Sarah said the principal was angry because ________.

         A.she had failed her exams                               B.it was her fault that had caused the fire

         C.she had not made the phone call in time           D.she had been caught smoking in bed

 

Ibrahim became disabled after contracting polio (小儿麻痹症) when he was three years old. At first his parents, like many other parents of disabled children in Niger, did not want to send him to school. They were worried he would be laughed at by his classmates.  

    Despite his disability, and his parents’ doubts, Ibrahim was determined to go to school. “When I was eight,” Ibrahim says, “other kids of my age were going to school while I stayed at home. I did not like that. So, I pestered (缠着) my parents until they finally let me go to school.”

   Ibrahim’s parents sent him to a private school nearby. Although the journey to and from school was a short one, it still wasn’t easy for Ibrahim. He had to use his hands to help him move along, protecting them with plastic slippers. But at least he was getting an education.

    However, after only a year in school, Ibrahim’s education was interrupted when his parents separated. His mother did not have the means to continue paying for his tuition.

    In 2007, Ibrahim received some money to be fitted with a leg brace (支架), corrective shoes and his first pair of crutches (拐杖). Now that he was more mobile than before, the most important thing for him was to find a way to go back to school. 

    “I wanted to start school again last October,” Ibrahim says. “After my mother told me she could not afford it, I went to visit some of my relatives for support. And I collected 5,000 francs CFA (US $8) to pay my tuition for half a year. I will find the rest of the money somehow.”

    Ibrahim attends a school in which he is the only disabled student. According to his teacher, he is among the top five students in a class of 55.

1. Why did Ibrahim’s parents prefer Ibrahim to stay at home? 

A. There was a lot of housework for him to do.  

B. They had no money to pay for his tuition.

C. There were not enough schools in the country.  

D. They were afraid the students would make fun of him.

2. How did Ibrahim go to school before his parents separated? 

A. He went to school on his wheelchair.

B. He went to school on his parents’ bicycle.   

C. He walked to school with the support of his hands.

D. He walked to school using a pair of crutches.

3.Ibrahim’s education was interrupted because of his _____.

A. parents’ doubts     B. lack of tuition     C. physical disability    D. terrible mood 

4.The best title for the passage might be _____.

A. A long way to go             B. Determined to learn

C. The only disabled student        D. I did not like that

 

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