The cars were honking (鸣叫) on the road one morning as I was walking to the park.I walked on and soon found the cause — a little taxi that had got stuck in the middle of the road.There was sweat on the driver's face as he tried to start the engine again and again — nothing happened."No petrol,"

       I said to myself and then found myself getting angry."Why doesn't the fool move his taxi to the side?" I thought, so did all the others who honked and shouted.

       He got up tiredly, and the passenger in the taxi got out.He was a young man in a white shirt, who watched the driver try to push it to the side."Stupid guy!" I said."Can't he lend a helping hand? "

       I watched as the poor driver pushed it to the side.Cars, buses and trucks went past cursing (咒骂 ) the poor man.The young man took another taxi and went off.

      The taxi driver began mending his taxi."Stupid passenger!" I said to him."He didn't help you!" The taxi driver slowly got up."Sir!" he asked, "Did you?" I looked at him guiltily, then looked away, and walked away fast, asking myself, "Did I help the poor man push his taxi?"

       What had I been doing as the traffic jam took place? How had I helped deal with the problem? Did I help the poor man push his taxi? I’d done my bit, with my mouth.But never had I moved to solve the problem.I was shocked with guilt as I heard him asking, "Sir! Did you?"

Why did a traffic jam happen on the road when the author was walking to the park?

       A.There was too much traffic in the street.

       B.Truck drivers attempted to go ahead of others.

       C.A taxi driver couldn't start his engine.

       D.A young man wasn't good at driving.

The author's attitude toward the passenger is that of __________.

       A.anger       B.respect              C.sympathy  D.guilt

Why did the author feel guilty?

       A.Because he blamed the driver wrongly.

       B.Because he didn't help the driver, either.

       C.Because he tried to help but failed in the end.

       D.Because he didn't persuade the passenger to help.

From the incident, the author learnt a lesson that we should     _________.

       A.criticize those who don't help

       B.hurt the self-respect of others no more

       C.think more of those who are in need

       D.stop talking and start to help

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago,we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.

Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self­destructive behaviour. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self­respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was  getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really  thought it was acceptable to hang out with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left,I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating,I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the power of friendship to the final test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

56.In the writer's opinion,her friend ________.

A. was a girl with no self­respect

B. could find a better boyfriend

C. was brave enough to stick  to her own choice

D. didn't value the writer's suggestion

57.What did the writer worry about?

A. She would lose the friendship with her.

B. Her friend's parents would be worried about their daughter.

C. Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy.

D. Her friend's boyfriend would be in great trouble.

58.We may learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer________.

A. didn't want to go anywhere else

B. understood her friend's hanging with her boyfriend

C. couldn't  believe  that  her  friend's  choice  was acceptable

D. doubted that she could in any way help her friend

59.What can be concluded from the passage?

A.Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable.

B.Friendship is a cure for any injury in life.

C.Friendship should be everlasting once begun.

D.Friendship can have magical power in life.

Our cat has a sweet nature, and she can let us know what she wants. When we fail to meet her needs, she gently leads us in the proper direction. When I forget to fill her water bowl early in the morning, she runs after my legs, and then pushes me in the direction of her bowl. She doesn’t get irritated (生气的); instead, she expresses her wishes in the best way. And I always understand what she is telling me.
One day I found myself envying (羡慕) her simple expression. How many times had I expected my husband or my children to know my wants without my ever giving voice to them? How many times had I been disappointed that they couldn’t understand when I needed a hug, a compliment (恭维) or a chocolate bar?
After a pleasant afternoon with my husband, I wanted to stop somewhere nice and have dinner, but he didn’t understand my hints (暗示). “Couldn’t you see that I wanted to go out to dinner?” I complained when he pulled into our driveway.
“Why didn’t you say so? I can’t read your mind,” he answered in impatience. His words gave me pause. Had I expected him to read my mind? Why hadn’t I expressed my desire more clearly? I realized I had fallen into the female trap of “If you love me, you can read my mind.”
Now, I state my needs clearly and directly. I look at my cat and know she agrees.
【小题1】Why was the author disappointed in her husband or her children?

A.Her husband didn’t give her a hug.
B.Her children didn’t give her a chocolate bar.
C.They didn’t give her a compliment.
D.They didn’t understand her mind.
【小题2】What will the author do if she wants something from her husband now?
A.She will give him her hints.B.She lets him guess what she wants.
C.She tells him her needs directly.D.She buys what she wants herself.
【小题3】What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?
A.I realized what I did was wrong.
B.I stopped and didn’t go with my husband.
C.My husband prevented me from going on.
D.My husband stopped me from saying something.


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I went on line to check my pay was in my bank account(账户). To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I know I would have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.
The bank couldn’t help as it “wasn’t a bank problem.” The human-resource department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁琐手续)made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do — admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
52. What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
A. He didn’t know what to do with it.                B. He felt lucky to get it.
C. He thought of keeping it for himself.                    D. He wanted to return it to the right person.
53. The underlined phrase “beside myself” probably means _______.
A. very fortunate           B. very angry                C. really thankful                 D. at ease
54. How was the problem solved in the end?
A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.
B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.
C. The author gave the money back to the company.
D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.
55. From the passage we can infer that _________.
A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules
C. Daniel didn’t know the error until he contacted the author
D. it was easy for a company to have a mistake which had occurred fixed

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago,we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self­destructive(自我毁灭的) behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self­respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really  thought it was acceptable to hang out with a group of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left,I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating,I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the power of friendship to the final test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend

  1. 1.

    In the writer's opinion,her friend ________

    1. A.
      was a girl with no self­respect
    2. B.
      could find a better boyfriend
    3. C.
      was brave enough to stick to her own choice
    4. D.
      didn't value the writer's suggestion
  2. 2.

    What did the writer worry about?

    1. A.
      She would lose the friendship with her
    2. B.
      Her friend's parents would be worried about their daughter
    3. C.
      Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy
    4. D.
      Her friend's boyfriend would be in great trouble
  3. 3.

    We may learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer________

    1. A.
      didn't want to go anywhere else
    2. B.
      understood her friend's hanging with her boyfriend
    3. C.
      couldn't believe that her friend's choice was acceptable
    4. D.
      doubted that she could in any way help her friend
  4. 4.

    What can be concluded from the passage?

    1. A.
      Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable
    2. B.
      Friendship is a cure for any injury in life
    3. C.
      Friendship should be everlasting once begun
    4. D.
      Friendship can have magical power in life

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