题目内容
On ________whole，little children have ________ gift for finding new things.
A．the；the B．the；a
C．a；a D．a；the
解析;on the whole基本上；have a gift for有……的天才，二者均为固定搭配。
答案;B
“Dr.Papaderos,what is the meaning of life?”
The usual laughter followed,and people stirred(骚动)to go.Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time,asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.
“I will,answer your question.”
Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket,he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror,about the size of a quarter.And what he said went like this:
“When I was a small child,during the war,we were very poor and we lived in a remote village.One day,on the road,I found the broken pieces of a mirror.A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.
I tried to find all the pieces and put them together,but it was not possible,so I kept only the largest piece.This one,and,by scratching it on a stone.I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine——
in deep holes and crevices(裂缝)and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.
I kept the little mirror,and,as I went about my growing up,I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game.As I became a man,I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life.I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light.But light——truth,understanding,knowledge——is there,and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
I am a fragment(碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape l do not know.Nevertheless,with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world——into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do likewise.This is what I am about.This is the meaning of my life.”
【小题1】On hearing the author’s question,Dr.Papedotes at first.
| A．laughed at his foolishness | B．wasn’t sure of the answer |
| C．doubted his seriousness | D．wasn’t interested at all |
| A．He found it on the road and made it round. |
| B．A dying German soldier gave him as a present. |
| C．He chanced to find it in the street while playing. |
| D．He put the broken pieces together and made it. |
| A．Because he was too poor to afford other toys. |
| B．Because it could shine the places where tke sun couldn’t reach. |
| C．Because he believed it would bring good luck to him. |
| D．Because it tofd him a lot about what life really meant to him. |
| A．symbol | B．source | C．light | D．purpose |
| A．A Special Game in the Childhood | B．A Broken Piece of Mirror |
| C．Dr.Papaderos’Experience | D．The Meaning of Life |
ut there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm．These people are willing to risk (冒…危险) being killed by floods or 100-Kilometer- an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up．
“Shmily” was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot
shower, where it would reappear bath after bath. At one point, my grandmother
even opened an entire roll of toilet paper to leave “shmily” on the very last
sheet. Little notes with “shmily” scribbled (潦草地写) hurriedly were found on dashboards (仪表板) and car seats, or taped to
steering wheels.