题目内容
【小题1】The most universal f__________ expression is the smile, which is to show happiness and put people at ease.
【小题2】We hadn’t told anybody else about our plan, but c__________, he seemed to have
known what we would do next.
【小题3】--What happened to Tom yesterday?
--He had a car accident, but f__________ he was not injured.
【小题4】In order not to let others hear what they said, they talked in a w___________.
【小题5】When the dog attacked me, I picked up a stick and d__________ myself.
【小题6】Though She was very successful, she was never c__________ with what she had
achieved.
【小题7】Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest scientists in the world, has been
s___________ with illness for many years. （斗争）
【小题8】--What do you think of my new dress?
--It’s pretty, but I don’t think it’s suitable for this __________. (场合)
【小题9】Steven Spielberg is one of the best d__________ in the world, who has made a lot of
excellent movies. (导演)
【小题10】At last Yuan Longpin succeeded in finding a way to increase rice harvests without
__________ the areas of fields. (扩大)
【小题1】facial
【小题1】curiously
【小题1】 fortunately
【小题1】whisper
【小题1】defended
【小题1】 content
【小题1】struggling
【小题1】occasion
【小题1】 directors
【小题1】expanding
解析
After spending three days in a wheelchair, I was ready to quit. Not only did I have to battle cracked (裂缝的) and uneven (不平的) pavements, I had to deal with the bad attitude of pedestrians (行人) and a cold rain. But I didn’t give up because of people like Tiffany Payne.
Payne, who has been using a wheelchair for 18 years, laughed at me:
“Imagine trying to get around town in the winter,” she said.
I could see her point: You’re battling to get to a doctor’s appointment (预约), but no one has shoveled (铲) after a big snowfall. Your choices: Move out and risk getting stuck, or reschedule the appointment.
Those of us fortunate enough to get around on our own two legs don’t give a second thought to the person in a wheelchair next to us at a crosswalk. That would require us to look down.
So I decided to try using a wheelchair to get a sample of what their lives are like. It wasn’t long before I saw that people who use wheelchairs are forced to deal with a lot of trouble.
During my experiment, I was ignored by store staff while shopping and bumped into by inattentive (疏忽的) walkers without so much as an apology.
Some people even gave me angry looks as if I were the one at fault.
Once in a store, a woman bumped into me trying to get to the new iPad. She didn’t say, “Excuse me.”
When salespeople did offer assistance, they talked to people who were with me, instead of me. I wanted to yell: “Hey, I’m down here!”
Some salespeople talked to me as though I were a child or acted like they didn’t want to be bothered with me.
People who use wheelchairs want to be treated like everyone else. They also comprehend (理解), so you don’t have to speak to them in a childlike, sing-song voice. It’s not very appealing (吸引人的), especially when the person is an adult. And most importantly, remember they have feelings that can be hurt just like yours.
Spending three days in a wheelchair made me look differently at those who have to use one. I hope you do the same.
By James E. Causey
【小题1】The author writes the story to _______.
| A．help those in wheelchairs gain self-confidence |
B．share his experience of acting as a wheelch air user |
| C．ask people to show sympathy for those in wheelchairs |
| D．call on people to respect and help those in wheelchairs |
difficulties EXCEPT ______.
| A．bad road conditions | B．poor attitudes of ordinary people |
| C．terrible medical service | D．bad weather |
| A．A wheelchair user may feel offended when you do not address him or her directly. |
| B．Assistants in big stores are usually kind to people in wheelchairs. |
| C．People in wheelchairs should fight for fair treatment. |
| D．People in wheelchairs are usually hard to get along with. |
| A．Look down on a person in a wheelchair. |
| B．Speak to a person in a wheelchair in a sing-song voice. |
| C．Treat a person in a wheelchair as you would any other person. |
| D．Offer assistance to a person in a wheelchair without asking for permission. |
A 10-year-old boy fatally shot his father Friday, striking him several times as he sat in the front seat of a SUV to pick up the boy from his mother’s home for a weekend visit.
The incident happened about 3:45 p.m. on a cul-de-sac (死胡同)in the 1700 block of Cedar Cove Court, said Sgt. B. E. Williams of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department.
An investigation found that Rick James Lohstroh, 41, was shot by his son, who was sitting in the back seat of the man’s Toyota 4-Runner, said Sgt. B. E. Williams of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. The shooting took place outside the home of Lohstroh’s ex-wife, where the boy lives with his mother and a 7-year-old brother.
“We’re not certain of anything until we finish our investigation,” Williams said. “The information we have at this time is that the 10-year-old did fire the weapon.”
The mother and the 7-year-old were inside the house when the shooting occurred, said Williams.
Williams said the gun belonged to the boy’s mother. After firing shots through the back seat, the boy exited(退出) the back of the vehicle and continued to fire at the car.
The man died on the way to Memorial Herman Hospital. Lohstroh was a doctor at the University of Texas Medical Branch. The man and woman shared custody（监护）of the children. Williams said the mother and the boy were still in the home talking to investigators Friday night.
Neighbors described the family as being quiet and keeping to themselves.
Justin Gray, 17, was walking in the neighborhood when he heard gunshots. “We’ve had a suicide（自杀）in this neighborhood once, but never anything like this,” Gray said.
【小题1】 The best title for the news should be .
| A．A Boy Shot His Father | B．Shooting Kill a Father |
| C．An Unbelievable Tragedy | D．A Ten-Year-Old Boy’s Cruelty |
| A．The father is not responsible for the boy. |
| B．The family don’t like associating with their neighbours. |
| C．The boy lives with Rick James Lohstroh. |
| D．The boy has no brothers or sisters. |
| A．The tragedy happened because the boy had seen too many films showing violence. |
| B．The boy killed his father after he quarreled with his father. |
| C．Such things often occurred in this neighbourhood. |
| D．The boy’s parents got divorced (离婚). |
| A．is clear | B．can’t be made out | C．is not known | D．is quite simple |
I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Since I work from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office.
The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town. By Friday, I realized that my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold out all the tickets.
【小题1】The writer could go and buy the ticket __________.
| A．any day before work hours |
| B．both before and after work hours |
| C．only during lunch time |
| D．on Saturday and Sunday |
| A．twice | B．three times |
| C．four times | D．five times |
| A．it was impossible to make the round trip to the theatre in 45 minutes |
| B．the concert wasn’t on Friday |
| C．it was expensive to take a taxi |
| D．all the tickets had been sold out |
| A．nervous | B．terrified | C．pleased | D．sad |