阅读下列短文.从每题所给的四个选项中.选出最佳选项.I recently got pulled over for speeding not far from my new home in Virginia. I hadn’t been paying attention, and I had driven a few miles an hour over the speed limit 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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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。

I recently got pulled over for speeding not far from my new home in Virginia. I hadn’t been paying attention, and I had driven a few miles an hour over the speed limit.

“Can I see your license and registration?” the police officer asked me. I pulled both out for him, and he saw my Pittsburgh address on my Pennsylvania driver’s license.

“What are you doing here?” he asked. “Are you with the army?”

“No, I’m not.” I answered. I explained that I had just moved to Virginia, and I hadn’t had time to re-register yet.

“So what brings you here?”

He had asked a direct question. Without thinking very hard, I gave him a direct answer. “Well, officer,” I said, “since you’ve asked, I have cancer. I have just months to live. We’ve moved down here to be close to my wife’s family.”

“So you’ve got cancer,” he said flatly. He was trying to figure me out. Was I really dying? Was I lying? He took a long look at me. “You know, for a guy who has only a few months to live, you sure look good.”

He was obviously thinking: “Either this guy is pulling one big fat line on me, or he’s telling the truth.” He was trying to question my honesty without directly calling me a liar. And so he had forced me to prove that I was being honest.

“Well, officer, I know that I look pretty healthy. I look great on the outside, but the tumors are on the inside.” And then, I don’t know what possessed me, but I just did it. I pulled up my shirt, showing the operational scars.

He looked at my scars. He looked in my eyes. He now knew he was talking to a dying man. Well, he wasn’t taking this any further. He handed me back my license. “Do me a favor.” he said, “Slow down from now on.”

The awful truth had set me free. As he went back to his police car, I had a realization. I had been one of those gorgeous blondes (金发美女) who could bat her eyelashes and get out of tickets. I drove home under the speed limit, and I was smiling like a beauty queen.

1.The author was stopped by the police officer because ______.

A. he didn’t have a license

B. he forgot to re-register

C. he drove too fast

D. he was seriously ill

2. The author moved to Virginia probably because ______.

A. he was homesick

B. his family could be better cared for

C. Virginia had better hospitals

D. he served in the army there

3. On hearing about the author’s cancer, the police officer ______.

A. said it was an excuse

B. showed sympathy for him

C. asked him to show his scars

D. doubted his honesty

4.It can be inferred from the passage that the author was ______.

A. adventurous B. optimistic

C. dishonest D. romantic

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I’m glad to see your advertisement on the Internet.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

July 21st. 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours ! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm. However, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door. a wave of waters greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the wall’s ceilings pulled down.

At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home. so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we move to a wooden house in a park. The house was small. but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社区）. We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I，I’d miss that.

Although our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought. “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush — we have our home back. and that’s the main thing.

1.What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean ？

A. Wrong. B. Missing. C. Right. D. Found

2.It can be inferred from the text that the author .

A. was sick of staying upstairs

B. cared much about her children

C. could not stand living in a wooden house

D．did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood

3.Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph ?

A. Because her situation was not serious.

B. Because many other paces were flooded.

C. Because she had been to Northern India.

D. Because some others suffered even more.

4.What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?

A. She valued human feelings more than before.

B. She realized she almost didn’t need possession.

C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.

D. She thought her own home was the most important.

Lee’s mother Sun became unexpectedly pregnant while married to a disabled man. Doctors told her that because of a medication she had been taking her child would not be normal. She chose to continue with the pregnancy and in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea, little Hee Ah Lee was born with only two fingers on each hand, disfigurement of her legs, and slight brain injury. The hospital told Sun that she could not care for the child at home and her relatives wanted her to place the child for adoption in a foreign country. Sun, however, thought her baby would live a successful life.

When Lee was a pre-schooler, Sun wanted her daughter to take piano lessons for two reasons. One was that she felt it would help her strengthen her hands so she could hold a pencil. The other was that she felt that if she could master the piano, she could master anything. For six months piano schools turned them down and then the one teacher who did accept the task got discouraged and wanted to quit. It was a three-month contest of wills between mother and daughter that led to a conflict in which Sun actually threw her daughter on the floor in frustration. But Lee got back up on the piano bench and for the first time played a children’s song. That was the turning point and one year later Lee won the grand prize in a piano concert for Kindergartners. It was at the age of 7 that Lee won Korea’s 19th National Handicap Conquest Contest and was presented with her award by the President of Korea.

Lee has won numerous awards, and is a widely traveled concert pianist with more than 200 appearances. Her first album titled “Hee-ah, a Pianist with Four Fingers” was released in June, 2008.

Lee speaks highly of her mother for challenging her to master the piano and said that although her training was difficult, “As time went by, the piano became my source of inspiration and my best friend.”

1.Which of the following can best describe Sun?

A. stubborn and devoted

B. impatient and strict

C. enthusiastic and hardworking

D. honest and responsible

2.What was probably in Lee’s mind when on the floor?

A. Learning piano was too difficult for her.

B. Life was unfair to her.

C. She would try her best to learn piano.

D. Her mother didn’t love her any more.

3. When was Lee awarded by the president of Korea?

A. 1985 B. 1992 C. 2008 D. 2007

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. A 4-finger pianist

B. Love between mother and daughter

C. Learning piano

D. An abnormal girl

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I was traveling in a small place in New York. That place had no taxi for a short1.(distant). One had to take a rickshaw(人力车).

I called out for an old man in the waiting line. Before I got on the rickshaw, I 2.(automatic) asked how much he would charge to take me across to the Mall. I 3. (tell) “10 dollars”. Then I started bargaining. He just gave a hard smile and said, “Whatever you feel like, please give me. It is not necessary4.(bargain) on this small amount.”

I was a bit ashamed at myself and kept quiet while he continued, “5.(like) those taxis, my vehicle does not run on petrol or diesel(柴油) or even gas; 6. runs on my sweat. So please give it to me7.a smile, for the money has to feed so many 8.(hunger) mouths at home.”

When we reached the Mall, I gave him the money and the smile 9.requested and added a gentle pat on his back. He smiled back as if to give me a receipt and I would preserve his smile for10.long time.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空.

Most people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They1.(leave) in the hands of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their grown children visit them2.(occasion), but more often, they do not have any regular visitors. The truth is that the idea is an unfortunate myth — an 3.(imagine) story. In fact, family members provide the most care4. elderly people need. Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, has studied 5. the American family is changing. He has reported that by the time the average American couple reach 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness than before, family members must provide long-term care. More6. (psychology) have found that all caregivers believe that they are the best people for the job. Social workers interviewed caregivers to find out why they took 7. the responsibility of caring for 8. elderly relative. Many caregivers thought they had obligation 9. (help) their relatives, stating that helping others make them feel more useful. Most hoped that by helping someone, they would deserve care when they became old and dependent. Caring for the elderly and10. (take) care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone who might be involved.

I ________ my homework for four hours, but I am not sure whether I can hand it in tomorrow.

A. have done B. have been doing

C. had been doing D. had done

根据所给首字母提示，写出正确词汇。

1.He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in p_____________ in 1836.

2.A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been i____________ in the Bastille for twenty years.

3.Acting on a sudden i_____________, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.

4.To v___________ degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn.

5.Though the rudder was fitted at t_______ speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win.

6.Before I consulted you, I had no c_____________ that a company might try to fool people into buying a product or service.

7.We should always take the time to a_______ and understand our problems before we try

to solve them.

8.The twins are so alike that I always have difficulty d_____________ one from the other.

9.Many overseas summer programs are actually c____________ and expensive activities, not as culture-centered as promoted.

10.In order not to wake up the baby, I patted my wife g___________ on the shoulder and she followed me out of the room tiptoed.

________ the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.

A. Did he catch B. Should be catch

C. Has he caught D. Had he caught

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