题目内容
12.I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old.My mother told us that we would not be(41)BChristmas gifts because there was not enough money.I felt sad and thought,"What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd(42)C?"Just when I started to(43)Dthat there would not be a Christmas that year,three women(44)Cat our house with gifts for all of us.For me they brought a doll.I felt such a sense of(45)Athat I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school.I wasn't(46)C.Somebody had thought(47)Dof me to bring me a gift.Years later,when I stood in the kitchen of my new house,thinking how I wanted to make my(48)BChristmas there special and memorable,I(49)Bremembered the women's visit.I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of(50)Cfor as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I(51)Ca plan and gathered forty people from my company to help.We gathered about 125orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party.For every child,we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys,clothes,and school supplies,(52)Dwith a child's name.We wanted all of them to know they were(53)BBefore I called out their names and handed them their gifts,I(54)Athem that they couldn't open their presents(55)Bevery child had come forward.Finally the(56)Cthey had been waiting for came as I called out,"One,two,three.Open your presents!"As the children opened their packages,their faces beamed and their bright smiles(57)Aup the room.The(58)Din the room was obvious,and(59)Awasn't just about toys.It was a feeling-the feeling I knew(60)Dthat Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit.I wasn't forgotten.Somebody thought of me.I matter.
41.A.sending | B.receiving | C.making | D.exchanging |
42.A.found | B.prepared | C.got | D.expected |
43.A.doubt | B.hope | C.suggest | D.accept |
44.A.broke in | B.settled down | C.turned up | D.showed off |
45.A.relief | B.loss | C.achievement | D.justice |
46.A.blamed | B.loved | C.forgotten | D.affected |
47.A.highly | B.little | C.poorly | D.enough |
48.A.present | B.first | C..recent | D.previous |
49.A.hardly | B.instantly | C.regularly | D.occasionally |
50.A.strength | B.independence | C.importance | D.safety |
51.A.kept up with | B.caught up with | C.came up with | D.put up with |
52.A.none | B.few | C.some | D.each |
53.A.fine | B.special | C.helpful | D.normal |
54.A.reminded | B.guaranteed | C.convinced | D.promised |
55.A.after | B.until | C.when | D.since |
56.A.chance | B.gift | C.moment | D.reward |
57.A.lit | B.took | C.burned | D.cheered |
58.A.atmosphere | B.sympathy | C.calmness | D.joy |
59.A.it | B.such | C.something | D.everybody |
60.A.by | B.till | C.for | D.from |
分析 三位女士在作者十二岁那年圣诞节赠送给作者礼物的善举激励着着作者在今天也做出了相同的行为.
解答 41-45BCDCA 46-50CDBBC 51-55CDBAB 56-60CADAD
41.B 考查动词.Sending送;receiving收到;making制作;exchanging交换.根据上文可知还是小孩子的作者,在圣诞节来临,应该是收到礼物.故选B.
42.C 考查动词.found发现;prepared准备;got得到;expected预期.根据上下文可知此处表达的意思是别人问作者收到了什么礼物.故选C.
43.D 考查动词.Doubt怀疑;hope希望;suggest建议;accept接受.根据上下文内容可推断此处表达的意思是:作者开始接受没有礼物的现实,选择accept,其他三个选项意思都不符合.故选D.
44.C 考查词组.broke in闯入;settled down安居;turned up出现;showed off炫耀.根据上下文可知此处是出现在作者家,给她们圣诞礼物.故选C.
45.A 考查名词.Relief解除;loss损耗;achievement成就;justice正义.根据下文"当我回到学校时,我不会再感到难堪了",可以推断出此处是表示作者解脱了,松了一口气.故选A.
46.C 考查动词.Blamed谴责;loved爱;forgotten忘记;affected影响.结合上下文,可以得知,这件礼物对作者是多么重要,所以此处表达作者将不会忘记这件事情.故选C.
47.D 考查词组.Highly高度地;little极少;poorly可怜地;enough足够.联系上下文,首先排除B、C,think highly of sb的意思是"对…评价很高".此处根据作者的前面的心态,选择enough,表示有人关心自己.故选D.
48.B 考查形容词.Present现在;first第一的;recent最近的;previous以前的.联系上下文,提到是new house,肯定选择first,西方人对于圣诞节很重视,是一家人团圆的日子,所以此时表达重要性,作者想让自己在新家过的第一个圣诞节有意义.故选B.
49.B 考查副词.Hardly几乎不;instantly立即地;regularly定期地;occasionally偶尔.联系上下文,可了解当时作者那种激动的心情,所以应该是很快就想到了那件让她难忘的事情.故选B.
50.C 考查名词. Strength力量;independence独立性;importance重要;safety安全.根据第一段中描述那次圣诞节礼物给我的感慨,和作者此刻的心情,她认为送圣诞节礼物的给自己以及给得到的孩子们的重要性.故选C.
51.C 考查词组.kept up with 和…保持联系;caught up with给…迷住;came up with提出;put up with忍受.根据上一段的内容可以推断,是作者提出了一个让四十个人来我公司帮忙的计划.故选C.
52.D 考查不定代词.None没有人;few很少;some一些;each每个.根据作者的想法,应该是每个人都有自己的圣诞节礼物,所以选择每个人.故选D.
53.B 考查形容词.Fine好的;special特别的;helpful有帮助的;normal正常的.根据每个人都有属于自己的礼物,而且不是固定的,所以作者的意思是给孩子们启示:每个人都是独一无二的.故选B.
54.A 考查动词.Reminded提醒;guaranteed担保;convinced使确信;promised答应.根据下文的"One,two,three.Open your presents!"可知,此时在分发礼物时,作者提醒每个人开始不要打开礼物.故选A.
55.B 考查连词.After之后;until直…时候;when当;since自从.根据句意:直到每个人都拿到礼物.故选B.
56.C 考查名词.Chance机会;gift礼物;moment时刻;reward报酬.根据下文的意思,此处表达大家等待的拆礼物的时刻到来了,故选择moment.故选C.
57.A 考查动词.Lit照亮;took拿;burned燃烧;cheered欢呼.根据句意:他们灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间,所以选择light的过去式lit.故选A.
58.D 考查动名词.Atmosphere气氛;sympathy同情;calmness冷静;joy欢乐.联系上下文,分析四个选项的意思,此处是表达欢乐.故选D.
59.A 考查代词.It它;such这样;something某事;everybody每个人.根据句意:欢乐不仅仅是因为玩具.所以选择it,指代欢乐.故选A.
60.D 考查介词.By通过;till知道;for为了;from从…根据句意:我从很久以前的那次圣诞节上获得的感觉再次感受到了.故选择from.故选D.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
Dad's also always been very (45)A.At 15,I started a magazine.It was(46)A a great deal of my time,and the headmaster of my school gave me a (47)D:stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.I decided to leave,and Dad tried to get me to change my decision,(48)B any good father would.When he realized I had made up my mind,he said,"Richard,when I was 23,my dad (49)C me to go into law.And I've (50)A regretted it.I wanted to be a biologist,(51)B I didn't realize my (52)D.You know what you want.Go achieve it."
As (53)C turned out,my little publication went on to become Student,a national(54)B for young people in the U.K.My wife and I have two children,and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad (55)D me.
36.A.biologist | B.manager | C.lawyer | D.gardener |
37.A.strict | B.honest | C.special | D.learned |
38.A.praise | B.courage | C.power | D.warmth |
39.A.think | B.imagine | C.remember | D.guess |
40.A.unnecessary | B.unkind | C.unimportant | D.unusual |
41.A.Another | B.Some | C.Any | D.Other |
42.A.on | B.in | C.at | D.about |
43.A.in case | B.by turns | C.by chance | D.in return |
44.A.process | B.set | C.review | D.follow |
45.A.understanding | B.experienced | C.serious | D.demanding |
46.A.taking up | B.making up | C.picking up | D.keeping up |
47.A.suggestion | B.decision | C.notice | D.choice |
48.A.and | B.as | C.even if | D.as if |
49.A.helped | B.allowed | C.persuaded | D.suggested |
50.A.always | B.never | C.seldom | D.almost |
51.A.rather | B.but | C.for | D.therefore |
52.A.promise | B.task | C.belief | D.dream |
53.A.this | B.he | C.it | D.that |
54.A.newspaper | B.magazine | C.program | D.project |
55.A.controlled | B.comforted | C.reminded | D.raised |
One day,when I walked past a mobile phone store,I saw an advertisement on its door.It was hiring new workers!
"Sir,are you hiring people?"I went(37)Bthe shop and asked."Yes,but you should be the man who we need."the manager answered.He looked at me for a few seconds from head to foot."Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?"(38)Ahe."Or do you have any work experience?"
I felt so ashamed and (39)Athat I didn't know what to say,so I just turned around and left.
I could not fall asleep that night,and I thought a lot about my(40)B."I must go to school or I can't do anything without a good education."I (41)Cto myself silently.I never went back to the store again before I finished my study and got a diploma.
(42)Blooked the same when I returned to the store:the same people and the same design.However,compared with last time,I had more (43)C.The manager told me they needed new(44)D,so it was a great chance for me.
I (45)Bmy diploma to the manager.He looked at it and said,"Great,you are in."
Now I am still working in the same store.With this experience,I always (46)Dpeople to attend school.Education helps you have a bright future because I'm still(47)Ain my spare time.
36.A.realize | B.remember | C.wonder | D.imagine |
37.A.out of | B.into | C.away from | D.onto |
38.A.continued | B.answered | C.warned | D.reported |
39.A.uncomfortable | B.impolite | C.unkind | D.impatient |
40.A.hobbies | B.future | C.parents | D.manager |
41.A.shouted | B.listened | C.said | D.cried |
42.A.Nothing | B.Everything | C.Nobody | D.Everybody |
43.A.grade | B.luck | C.confidence | D.pleasure |
44.A.volunteers | B.teachers | C.students | D.workers |
45.A.sold | B.showed | C.sent | D.shook |
46.A.teach | B.allow | C.order | D.advise |
47.A.learning | B.working | C.playing | D.chatting |
After many long discussions at night in their (41)A bed,the two boys finally worked out an agreement.They would toss(掷)a coin.The (42)C would go down into the nearby mines and,with his earnings,(43)C his winning brother for the academy.Then,in four years,he would support the other one.Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and (44)D to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and,for the next four years,(45)B his brother,whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation(轰动)-By the time he graduated,he was beginning to (46)A considerable fees for himself.
When the young artist (47)B home and said to his brother,"And now,Albert,blessed brother of mine,now it is your (48)D.Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream,and I will (49)A you."Albert rose and wiped tile (50)B from his cheeks."No,brother.I cannot go to Nuremberg.It is too (51)D for me.Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my (52)C!I cannot even hold a glass,much less make delicate lines on canvas (画布)(53)A a pen or a brush."
More than 450years have (54)D.By now,among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits,"The Praying Hands"is one (55)C creation that can catch the world's hearts.
36.A.fully | B.merely | C.completely | D.entirely |
37.A.heart | B.profession | C.method | D.words |
38.A.hopeless | B.promising | C.demanding | D.careless |
39.A.so | B.but | C.however | D.and |
40.A.study | B.give | C.send | D.offer |
41.A.crowded | B.separated | C.new | D.unusual |
42.A.winner | B.old | C.loser | D.younger |
43.A.expect | B.advertise | C.support | D.require |
44.A.flew away | B.left behind | C.set aside | D.went off |
45.A.deserted | B.financed | C.desired | D.envied |
46.A.earn | B.save | C.draw | D.spend |
47.A.arrived | B.returned | C.regained | D.got |
48.A.fate | B.time | C.top | D.turn |
49.A.take care of | B.make up of | C.make use of | D.take charge of |
50.A.smiles | B.tears | C.sweats | D.laughs |
51.A.tense | B.nervous | C.tiring | D.late |
52.A.eyes | B.pictures | C.hands | D.mines |
53.A.with | B.of | C.upon | D.in |
54.A.changed | B.kept | C.remembered | D.passed |
55.A.strange | B.surprising | C.touching | D.terrible |
He wrote his wife's name on the back of the photos and handed them to a(6)Abehind the desk in the booth."(7)Dyou see a small,dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression,obviously(8)Asomeone,would you please give her this?"he said.He then(9)Bhis office in Morrison Building,(10)Cthat if a picture is worth a thousand words,then the four photos must be a good(11)D!He sat down with a smile.
Of course his wife received those pictures and she even(12)Bthem.She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married,"See?This is my husband!"
How are you with(13)C?One person calls it"wait training."It seems that there is always something we are (14)B.We wait on traffic and we wait in lines.We wait to hear about a new job.We wait to complete school.We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important(15)Dof a happy and rewarding life.(16)Bsome things are worth waiting for.(17)Cpresents many good chances for wait training.
We can hate waiting,(18)Ait or even get good at it!But one th ing is(19)A-we cannot avoid it.How is your(20)Dcoming along?
1.A.proudly | B.respectfully | C.patiently | D.curiously |
2.A.angry | B.hungry | C.frightened | D.thirsty |
3.A.a question | B.a reason | C.an opinion | D.an idea |
4.A.serious | B.difficult | C.regular | D.easy |
5.A.hurt | B.achieved | C.attracted | D.shocked |
6.A.clerk | B.secretary | C.passer-by | D.friend |
7.A.Since | B.Before | C.Unless | D.If |
8.A.looking for | B.working for | C.sending for | D.paying for |
9.A.called up | B.returned to | C.visited | D.left |
10.A.worried | B.disappointed | C.satisfied | D.surprised |
11.A.action | B.preparation | C.excuse | D.lecture |
12.A.tore | B.saved | C.developed | D.destroyed |
13.A.your wife | B.determination | C.patience | D.your family |
14.A.hoping for | B.waiting for | C.ready for | D.fit for |
15.A.humor | B.comment | C.purpose | D.quality |
16.A.For example | B.After all | C.Right now | D.So far |
17.A.Every wife | B.Every shop | C.Every day | D.Every office |
18.A.accept | B.control | C.change | D.improve |
19.A.certain | B.interesting | C.valuable | D.easy |
20.A.photo taking | B.job hunting | C.decision making | D.wait training |