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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Just Do Something

The winter weather was icy cold and a strong wind blew heavily. I stopped behind several cars in a crossroad. Ahead of me a young woman stood alongside the street. To keep __________ she rubbed her bare hands; ________ ,she danced in place. Beside her rested a sign that________ , ”I have a baby and no food.”Obviously, she was ________ financially.

Homeless and unemployed people are a common_________ in many of our larger cities, and most motorists drive by without ________assistance. Maybe they've been taught that giving money may encourage them to ________a dependent lifestyle, or the ready cash may be used to purchase alcohol or another thing ________ the food. Like me, they may have been taught that one should give money to a local charity or a church, as these institutions can help those in ________ far more effectively.

As I waited for the light to ________ ,I felt conflicted about that young woman. Whether or not I should give money, she was obviously in need. And whether or not she actually had a baby really didn't seem to ________ . I gave up ________ people's motives and analyzing their stories long ago.

What should I do? Give her money? What was the best?

I was wondering with these questions ________ the window rolled down from the car in front of me. A hand ________ out holding a warm pair of gloves. The driver took her own gloves off and gave them to the poor woman. I saw the young woman mouth the words “Thank you" as a broad smile ________ up her face.

As I ________ ,somebody else acted. As I tried to decide the BEST way to ________ , somebody else ________did what she could. As I did nothing, she did something.

I made myself a ________ that I'Il always do SOMETHING. Whether it is big or small, just do something. Something is almost always better than ________

1.A. warm B.cool C.healthy D.calm

2.A. however B.meanwhile C.instead D.therefore

3.A. wrote B.marked C.read D.tied

4.A. working B.managing C.operating D.struggling

5.A. sight B.concern C.idea D.step

6.A. receiving B.offering C.finding D.rejecting

7.A. change B.quit C.develop D.explore

8.A. more than B.apart from C.rather than D.or rather

9.A. surprise B.return C.doubt D.demand

10.A. turn B.replace C.fix D.stop

11.A. matter B.affect C.differ D.happen

12.A. answering B.guessing C.noticmg D.expressing

13.A. as B.before C.while D.when

14.A. reached B.picked C.sent D.hroke

15.A. turned B.lit C.set D.swept

16.A. helped B.quarreled C.hesitated D.appeared

17.A. obtain B.operate C.share D.assist

18.A. quickly B.frequently C.naturally D.slowly

19.A. promise B.comment C.choice D.deal

20.A. anything B.something C.nothing D.everything

The pounding(重击声) was driving Edward crazy. A new neighbor had just moved into the apartment below him. The newcomer was deaf, or seemed to be, because he played his stereo loud enough for the whole building to hear.

On the first day he heard the stereo rocking over, Edward marched downstairs and politely told the newcomer that his stereo was too loud. He asked the new tenant to turn the volume down and keep it down as long as he lived in the building. The tenant appeared surprised and embarrassed, and said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was that loud.”

So, Edward returned upstairs, feeling good, because he had taken a stand and politely let the newcomer know that loud music was not going to be tolerated. The next day all was quiet, and Edward continued to be pleased with himself. The following day, Edward thought it must be Fourth of July, because a marching band was playing on his street. In fact, it was the new neighbor who was playing his music loud again.

Edward was not one to repeat himself, feeling that each time you repeated yourself, you diminished the value of your words. So, he did what he always did with rude neighbors-grin and bear it. Eventually, they would move away. What else are you going to do?

In Los Angles a year ago, a woman had complained to her upstairs neighbor that he was playing his drums too loud and too often. The drummer repeatedly ignored her. One day the woman walked upstairs and shot the drummer in the head and his girlfriend in the chest. The woman was sentenced to prison for 20 years.

The dead drummer won’t bother anyone with his drums, but the woman might be wishing now that she had learned to grin and bear it. If she were still living in her apartment, she could always move. When you’re in prison, you don’t have that option.

1.The man living below where Edward lived was .

A.a deaf man B.the owner of the house

C.a tenant D.an old neighbor

2.What did Edward always do with rude neighbors?

A.Grinning and bearing it.

B.Persuading them to stop repeatedly.

C.Shouting them to dead.

D.Moving away from the rude neighbors.

3.The woman killed her neighbor because .

A.he ignored her advice repeatedly

B.she could not stand his playing the guitar too loud

C.she could not put up with him any longer

D.he played the drums too often

4.The author writes the last paragraph to prove that .

A.being in prison means the loss of freedom

B.grinning and bearing it is the best policy

C.Edward should follow the example of the woman

D.the woman was right to kill her neighbor

There is nowadays in schools a great movement that places major emphasis on higher order skills, these being those skills that encourage the ability to reason. This group of skills involves recalling information, basic concept formation, critical thinking, and creative idea formation. Formerly viewed as the tools of mathematics, these skills are now recognized as necessary to abilities across the curriculum.

Higher order thinking skills are now recognized as important for those who will enter the twenty-first century work force. Preparing young learners for their future requires that teachers employ a great deal of inventiveness and creativity in designing lessons that meet the dual challenge of providing the basics as in reading, language arts, and mathematics, and developing the ability to reason.

This unit uses detective fiction to address both of these challenges, and the activities that lie here are designed to draw the learner along a path that moves him from the simple skills, such as recalling information, to the more difficult area of creative thinking. Activities may be modified, simplified, lengthened, or deleted to meet the needs of the intellectual diversity found in most classrooms.

For this unit I have chosen three separate series of children’s detective fiction. The easiest to read are the Private Eyes club mysteries, written and illustrated by Crosby Bonsall. This series centers on the activities of four neighborhood boys who along with their cat Mildred keep the area they live in free of crime. Each title is centered on one issue and the list of titles is expanding. The reading levels range from about 1.6 to 2.0 and the print is large and well organized on the page. Snitch, Wizard, Skinny, and Tubby are funny and engaging, and are represented in lively color illustrations. The only issue that could be a problem is that the private eyes are all boys. However, girls are well represented among the peripheral (次要的) peer group.

1.What can we know from the above passage?

A. Children have different abilities.

B. Reading for information needs more skills.

C. Reasoning is higher than reading and writing in school.

D. Mathematics is the most difficult in school.

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. Basic reading skills.

B. Ways of thinking.

C. Who wrote the detective fiction.

D. How much to pay for the course.

3.What is the chosen series of fiction mainly about?

A. How some brave boys find their cats.

B. How some brave children help find the lost cat.

C. How people help the boys solve the crime.

D. How some brave boys fight against crime.

4.What will mostly likely be presented after this passage?

A. The Private Eyes club mysteries.

B. Other ways to interest the readers.

C. How girls can keep on reading the stories.

D. Where to buy these interesting stories.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A. B. C和D)中,选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项。

“Mum,can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night,please?It’s Friday,and we don’t have any .Can I,please?”Mum was sitting at the kitchen table.Dad was next to her,resting his head on his arms.Mum could that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.

“I’m so sorry,James,” she said.

“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house?Why,Mum?” James asked sadly,almost in .

“I know it’s for you,” Mum said softly.“But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little...strange.And then they would make fun of you.”

“No,they wouldn’t,Mum,” James protested.“We’re not at all.We’re just ordinary people.”

Mum sighed heavily.“To tell you the truth,James,my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy .And your poor father—he doesn’t feel .He really needs a rest.”

“I can help,Mum!” James said.“ I can make you and Dad feel better,can Brett come over?Please?”

“Well...” Mum began.

“Great!Thanks,Mum!” James almost shouted.“Just sit there,don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and what he needed—two spanners(扳手).“Hang on,Mum,” he said.“This won’t take a second.” After some ,James was finished.With a smile of on his face he said,“There!How does that feel?” “Oh,James,” Mum said.“That’s much better!How did you do it?”

“Easy,” James said .“Dad had tightened your neck bolts(螺栓) too much!I just them slightly!I learned that in robotic science at school.”

“What about your father?Can you him?” asked Mum.

“I’ll try,” James replied.He up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck,and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head.Then he turned the on.Dad opened his eyes and immediately.“He just let his run too low,that’s all,” James said.“Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”

“I guess so,” replied Mum.“Your friends will just have to that we are a very unusual family.Thanks,son!”

1.A. chance B. message C. homework D. difficulty

2.A. asleep B. reading C. alone D. standing

3.A. explain B. see C. agree D. doubt

4.A. terror B. tears C. surprise D. silence

5.A. fair B. easy C. good D. hard

6.A. strange B. normal C. popular D. anxious

7.A. headache B. loss C. task D. day

8.A. ill B. funny C. sorry D. well

9.A. As B. If C. Since D. Before

10.A. kept B. controlled C. found D. returned

11.A. requests B. thoughts C. repairs D. instructions

12.A. sympathy B. satisfaction C. bitterness D. politeness

13.A. embarrassedly B. gratefully C. impatiently D. proudly

14.A. adjusted B. collected C. produced D. covered

15.A. greet B. accompany C. help D. ask

16.A. lifted B. caught C. gave D. filled

17.A. television B. power C. light D. gas

18.A. grew up B. lay down C. broke down D. sat up

19.A. food B. temperature C. battery D. blood

20.A. prove B. expect C. suspect D. accept

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