In Pride and Prejudice five sisters overcome to their happiness and marriage．题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

I stood outside New York’s Madison Square Garden and just stared, almost speechless. I was a farm boy from County Kilkenny, a child who some thought would never walk, let alone go as far as I had in the world.

From the day I was born, there was a problem. The doctors at the Dublin hospital told my parents I had phocomelia, a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.

Life was tough. I couldn’t stand, much less walk. I rarely left the farmhouse—and then only in someone’s arms. Mom bundled me up whenever she took me to town, no matter the season.

“The world will see him when he can walk,” she told Dad. “And he will walk.”

Mom devoted herself to helping me. She tried everything to get me on my feet. When I was three, she and Dad took me to a clinic in Dublin.

A few weeks later we returned to Dublin with my artificial limbs (肢). Back home I practiced walking with my new limbs.

“There’s nothing anyone can do but you can’t,” Mom said. “You and I are going to walk through town.”

The next day Mom dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup. Dad drove us to the church. We stepped out of the car. Mom took my hand. “Hold your head up high, now, Ronan,” she said.

We walked 300 meters to the post office. It was the farthest I’d walked, and I was sweating from the effort. Then we left the post office and continued down the street, Mom's eyes shining with a mother's pride.

That night, back on our farm, I lay exhausted on my bed. It meant nothing, though, compared to what I’d done on my walk.

Then I began to pursue my dream of singing. And at every step Mom's words came back to me—Ronan, you can do anything anyone else can do—and the faith she had in God, who would help me do it.

I’ve sung from the grandest stages in Europe, to music played by the world’s finest musicians. That night, I stood at the Madison Square Garden, with Mom’s words chiming in my ears. Then I began singing. I couldn't feel the pulse of the music in my feet, but I felt it deep in my heart, the same place where Mom’s promise lived.

What was the problem with the author as a baby?

A. He was expected unable to walk. B. He was born outward in character.

C. He had a problem with listening. D. He was shorter than a normal baby.

The underlined word “deformity” in the second paragraph most probably means _________.

A. shortcoming B. disadvantage C. disability D. delay

Why did Mom dress him and herself in finest clothes?

A. To hide their depressed feeling. B. To indicate it an unusual day.

C. To show off their clothes. D. To celebrate his successful operation.

From the story we may conclude that his mother was __________.

A. determined B. stubborn C. generous D. distinguished

According to the writer, what mattered most in his success?

A. His consistent effort. B. His talent for music.

C. His countless failures. D. His mother’s promise.

I was a newcomer of Miss Burn’s seventh grade. Past“newcomer”experiences had been difficult, so I was
very anxious to fit in.
Lunchtime was a pleasant surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. Their chat was friendly, so
I began to relax. My new classmates filled me in on the school, the teachers and the other kids. it wasn’t long
before the class herd(书呆子)was pointed out to me: Mary Lou. Actually she called herself Mary Louise. A
formal, overmodest young girl with old-fashioned clothes, she wasn’t ugly—not even funny looking. Practical
shoes, long wool skirt and a blouse completed the image of a complete herd. The girls’ whispers got louder and
louder. Mary Lou didn’t notice this. After school, the girls invited me to join them in front of the school.
Arms wrapped around her backpack, Mary Lou came down the school steps. The taunting began—rude,
biting comments and disrespectful words from the girls. I paused, then joined right in. My force began to pick
up as I approached her, mean(卑劣)remarks falling from my lips. I even pulled the belt of her backpack and then
pushed her. The belt broke, Mary Lou fell. Everyone was laughing and patting me. I fit in. But I was not proud.
Something inside me hurt.
Mary Lou got up, gathered her books and—without a tear shed—off, she went. She held her head high as a
small trickle of blood ran down from her injured knee.
I turned to leave with my laughing friends and noticed a man standing beside his car. His skin, dark hair
and handsome features told me this was her father. Respectful of Mary Lou’s proud spirit, he remained still and
watched the lonely girl walk toward him. Only his eyes—shining with both grief and pride—followed. As I
passed, he looked at me in silence with burning tears that spoke to my shame and scolded my heart. He didn’t
speak a word.
No scolding from a teacher or a parent could linger(逗留)as much as that hurt in my heart from the day a
father’s eyes taught me kindness and strength and dignity. I never again joined the cruel herds. I never
again hurt someone for my own gain.
【小题1】 The writer felt she fit in when .

A．she relaxed and talked with her new classmate	B．she became a leader of a school club
C．she picked a wing off a butterfly	D．others cheered for her after she treated Mary badly

【小题2】What does the underlined word“taunting”mean in the article?

A．Playing a game	B．Joining a club
C．Criticizing a person	D．Watching a movie

【小题3】Mary’s father after he saw what happened to her daughter.

A．felt shameful and angry for his daughter	B．felt sad and proud for his daughter’s bravery
C．felt it necessary to teach the writer a lesson	D．felt it a pity that she didn’t fight back

【小题4】The writer would never hurt someone for her own gain because she .

A．was impressed by Mary’s calmness

B．was afraid to be scolded by Mary’s father

C．was sorry she hurt Mary’s knee

D．was aware that it was a shame to make fun of Mary

【小题5】According to the article, the writer is probably .

A．a rude girl who enjoys making fun of others

B．a clever girl who is good at making friends with others

C．a shy girl who isn’t good at communicating with others

D．a brave girl who is willing to correct her mistakes

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was born in Budapest on September 16, 1893. In 1911 he entered his uncle’s laboratory where he studied until the outbreak of World War One, when he joined the army. He served on the Italian and Russian fronts, and he was permitted to leave the army in 1917 after being wounded in action. He completed his studies in Budapest before he went to Hamburg for a two-year course in physical chemistry. In 1920 he became an assistant at a university in Leiden, the Netherlands and from 1922 to 1926 he worked with H. J. Hamburger at the Physiology Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands.
In 1926, Szent-Gyorgyi was ready to end his own life after an embarrassing problem in his career. The scientist, thirty-two, had written a paper and handed it to his boss for approval to publish. His boss threw it in the dustbin. Concluding his life was a failure, the young researcher quit. Unable to support his wife and child, he sent them home to her parents. His final wish was to attend one last scientific meeting, to be among scientists, to have one last good time. So he went to the 1926 International Physiological Society Congress in Sweden.
Sitting in the audience, lost in self-pity, Szent-Gyorgyi listened to the president of the society, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, refer to the fine work of a researcher: Szent-Gyorgyi! After the speech, collecting his courage, he introduced himself to Hopkins. The great man invited the young scientist to Cambridge to do further work.
Szent-Gyorgyi’s life changed. He discovered the oxidation-preventing (防氧化的) action of vitamin C. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He accounted for his success by saying that discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen but thinking what nobody else has thought.
【小题1】Which of the following is the correct order of the events relevant to Szent-Gyorgyi?
a. finished his studies in Budapest
b. served during World War One
c. worked with Hopkins
d. studied in Hamburg

【小题2】 Why did Szent-Gyorgyi want to end his own life in 1926?

A．His pride was hurt by his boss.

B．He was not satisfied with his paper.

C．He couldn’t support his family.

D．His boss stopped him attending a conference.

【小题3】 The passage is organized in the pattern of _____________.

A．cause and effect

B．comparison and contrast

C．time and events

D．definition and classification

Chinese media and Internet users on Monday condemned(谴责) a lack of morals in society after a toddler(学步的小孩)was struck twice by two different vans and left bleeding on the road as more than a dozen bystanders did nothing to help the seriously injured girl.

The incident, captured by a surveillance camera and aired by Southern Television Guangdong (TVS), showed the two-year-old girl was knocked down and run over by a white van on a narrow market street on the afternoon of Oct. 13, in Foshan City of Guangdong Province.

The driver fled the scene of the accident, leaving the girl to bleed on the sidewalk. Over the next six minutes, more than a dozen people walked by the girl, yet not one individual did anything to help her. The girl was then hit a second time by another van before an elderly trash collector came to her aid and brought the attention of the girl’s mother, according to the video and eyewitnesses.

Doctors said that the girl, who was put on life support after being hospitalized, remains in a deep coma. The girl’s parents, who are migrants living in the city, are now with her. Police said the drivers of both vehicles have been arrested. However, the indifference of the bystanders shown in the video has shocked the public, as Internet forums have boiled with anger, and people are questioning the morality of society.

High moral standards were once triumphed as national pride in China where individuals known for selflessly helping others were adored by the public. But in recent years, the perception of a decline of morals has become a hot topic as profit and materialism are recognized to be affecting society’s values.

On Sept. 2. an 88-year-old man in central China collapsed, his face striking the pavement. Yet, no one came to his aid, and he ended up choking to death on the blood from his nose. Some have linked the absence of good models to a previous case in which a man trying to help an elderly woman who fell was accused of harming her.

A strong chorus of opinion on the Internet says laws should exempt（免除）models from responsibility, yet laws themselves cannot solve society’s morality dilemma.

Cao Lin, a China Youth Daily commentator, said in a signed article published on Monday that the worry of responsibility should not be an excuse for not helping, and this case exposes the decline of humanity in Chinese society.

1.What happened to the two-year-old girl?

A. Nobody helped her after she was struck by two different vans.

B. She died immediately after she was hit a second time.

C. An old trash collector saved her and attracted her mother’s attention.

D. Journalists from TVS captured her story by using a camera.

2.From the passage, what would happen if someone helped others selflessly in the past?

A. The public would feel proud of him/ her and showed love and respect for him/ her.

B. He/she would be awarded by the government.

C. He/she would be condemned by the public.

D. He/she would have to worry about legal responsibility.

3.In recent years, society’s values are believed to be affected by________.

A. people’s awareness

B. the indifference of bystanders

C. profit and materialism

D. the morals of society

4.According to Cao Lin, what is the fundamental reason for not helping the girl?

A. The worry of responsibility.

B. Lack of laws that exempt role models from responsibility.

C. The fear of being accused of harming her.

D. The decline of humanity in society.

5.Where is the article probably taken from?

A. A news report. B. A fashion magazine.

C. A science fiction. D. An education column.

It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candies. The young man behind the counter knows his __36__ by name and what they normally want to buy. He treats children and adults with equal __37__. He reads science fiction behind the counter when business is __38__.

One day, three people rushed in and grabbed（抓住） food off the shelves as fast as they could, __39__ not intending to pay for it. He hit the “panic button” , then went over the counter（柜台） and __40__ the front door. It was obvious that they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren't going __41__ with their illgotten（非法获得的） gains. They __42__ the food and simply crowded together in panic（惊慌地）—knowing the police were __43__ the way.

Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were that __44__. “We have food in the back, expired (到期)but still __45__ to eat. If you need food, you __46__ have some.”

They were told to __47__ what they had dropped and put it back, and then asked to straighten out（清理） the mess. They were doing just that __48__ the police arrived. The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer __49__.

This wasn't what they had __50__. They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they'd done. Shocked, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up.

Soon three __51__ people walked out with all the __52__ their arms could hold. They were __53__ that，if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab.

And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in. He would be the __54__ person in the world to claim he was a hero. But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of—a __55__amount of selfrespect and a little bit of hope.

1. A．friends　　 B．neighbors　 C．customers 　 D．passengers

2. A．respect B．pride C．wisdom D．satisfaction

3. A．slow B．busy C．heavy D．swift

4. A．bravely B．reasonably C．hardly D．obviously

5. A．opened B．locked C．closed D．broke

6. A．nowhere B．somewhere C．anywhere 　 D．everywhere

7. A．hid B．lifted C．ate D．dropped

8.A　.in B．on C．off 　 D．by

9. A．anxious B．curious C．courageous D．hungry

10. A．safe B．easy C．sweet D．unique

11. A．must B．can C．should D．need

12. A．hold up B．hand out C．pick up D．hand in

13. A．when B．after C．before 　 D．since

14. A．popular B．necessary C．reliable 　 D．important

15. A．wanted B．desired C．expected D．admired

16. A．dirtier B．cleaner C．cleverer D．quicker

17.A　.money B．cigarettes C．drinks 　 D．food

18. A．reminded B．warned C．ordered D．persuaded

19. A．first B．last C．best D．worst

20. A．large B．fair C．small D．full

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