题目内容
The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor, living with my wonderful mother. We had little money but plenty of love and attention. I was 36 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 37 a dream.
My dream was to be a sportsman. 38 I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field. I was also 39 . My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me 40 to believe in myself. He 41 me the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream. One particular 42 with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend recommended (推荐) me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike and new clothes, and the 43 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 44 summer baseball to deal with the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 45 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your playing days are limited. You can’t 46 to waste them.” I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the 47 that would explain 48 him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 49 in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked. “Three twenty-five an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.25 an hour the 50 of a dream?”
That simple question made it 51 to me the difference between 52 something right now and following a dream. I 53 myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was 54 by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 55 a $20,000 contract. In 2000, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
1.A. happy B. polite C. shy D. honest
2.A. lose B. have C. make D. need
3.A. By the time B. The time C. At one time D. At a time
4.A. right B. popular C. lucky D. confident
5.A. how B. why C. when D. whether
6.A. gave B. taught C. brought D. asked
7.A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience
8.A. aim B. idea C. start D. purpose
9.A. keep up B. put up C. give up D. pick up
10.A. mad B. happy C. frightened D. shameful
11.A. adopt B. afford C. affect D. effect
12.A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways
13.A. for B. to C. on D. in
14.A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment
15.A. source B. prize C. price D. allowance
16.A. direct B. clear C. clean D. straight
17.A. wanting B. changing C. dreaming D. choosing
18.A. provided B. devoted C. headed D. imagined
19.A. worked B. mentioned C. fired D. hired
20.A. paid B. got C. offered D. signed
1.A
2.B
3.A
4.C
5.A
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.C
10.A
11.B
12.C
13.B
14.D
15.C
16.B
17.A
18.B
19.D
20.C
【解析】文章讲述一位棒球运动员的故事，告诉我们追求梦想和面对现实之间的区别。
1.A 形容词辨析。根据上文love and attention和energetic说明虽然我穷，但是很开心。
2.B 动词辨析。指无论人多穷，仍然可以有梦想。
3.A 词义辨析。A到…时；B那时；CD不能引导句子，根据后句的时态可知A正确。
4.C 形容词辨析。根据下文可知做有这样的一个教练我真是很幸运。
5.A 词义辨析。指他不仅相信我，还教会我相信自己。
6.B 动词辨析。他教会我拥有梦想和实现梦想的区别。
7.D 名词辨析。A事故；B麻烦事；C问题；D经历；指与这位教练的一次特殊的经历。
8.C 名词辨析。A目的；B观点；C开始；D目的。指为妈妈买房子开始存钱。
9.C 词义辨析。A保持；B张贴；搭建；C放弃；D捡起；指我不得不放弃夏季训练。
10.A 形容词辨析。指当教练听说我要放弃夏季训练时几乎都疯掉，和我预料的一样。
11.B 动词辨析。指我承担不起浪费这样的时间。
12.C 名词辨析。A回答；B借口；C话；D方法；指我要想一些话来向他解释。
13.B 固定搭配。Explain to sb向某人解释。【解析】同上。
14.D 名词辨析。A悲伤；B遗憾；C绝望；D失望；指教练对我的失望。
15.C 名词辨析。A来源；B奖品；C价格；D津贴；教练问：3.25一小时就是梦想的价格吗？
16.B 形容词辨析。A直接的；B清楚的；C干净的；D直的；mike it clear表达清楚…
17.A 动词辨析。指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。
18.B 固定词组。Devote oneself to致力于…努力做…；
19.D 动词辨析。A工作；B提及；C解雇；D雇佣。这里指我被Pittsburgh Pirates选中，为这支球队打球。
20.C 动词辨析。A付；B得到；C提供；D签名；指Pittsburgh Pirates提供给我2万美元的合同。
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．
1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．
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A．cheap and strong |
B．cheap and long |
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C．fast and expensive |
D．strong and slow |
2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．
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A．he made many greet cars |
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B．his cars are many |
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C．he made lots of cars of the same kind |
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D．both A and B |
3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．
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A．which was his father’s will |
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B．which was against his own will |
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C．which was against his father’s will |
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D．which was the will of both |
4.The “Model T” was very famous_____．
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A．before 1908 |
B．between 1982 and 1908 |
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C．before 1892 |
D．after 1908 |
5.Ford built his own car factory
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A．in 1903 |
B．in 1908 |
C．in 1913 |
D．in 1897 |
Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea．People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea．Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added．She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.
1.Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?
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A．The Britons got expensive tea from India. |
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B．Tea reached Britain from Holland. |
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C．The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea. |
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D．It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea. |
2.This passage mainly discusses_____________.
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A．the history of tea drinking in Britain |
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B．how tea became a popular drink in Britain |
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C．how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea |
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D．how tea-time was born |
3.Tea became a popular drink in Britain.
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A．in eighteenth century |
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B．in sixteenth century |
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C．in seventeenth century |
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D．in the late seventeenth century |
4.People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because.
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A．it tasted like milk |
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B．it tasted more pleasant |
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C．it became a popular drink |
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D．Madame de Sevinge was such a lady with great social influence that people tried to copy the way she drank tea |
5.We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of ________.
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A．a famous French lady |
B．the ancient Chinese |
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C．the upper social class |
D．people in Holland |