Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a relaxation the summer before my busy senior year, __36__ my mother asked me to do her a __37__. One of her colleagues needed a full-time __38__. “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital; why not volunteer to __39__ Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a __40__ child.
Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not __41__ him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium(平衡)problems. He couldn't __42__ or run properly. I was hesitating __43__ I was to take the job when my mother __44__, “Don't you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the __45__.”
Then I told her I was __46__ for the job.
The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little __47__ , he was quite a mix.
At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings, the boy's face __48__ up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be__49__ to get a child to go down a slide. Believe me, it wasn't! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his __50__ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.
Halfway through the summer, he __51__ it to the top of the slide. With my arms __52_ him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his reaction. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big __53__ and asked, “May I go down again, alone?”
I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children __54__ for granted.
This __55__ child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.

【小题1】
A.andB.howeverC.so D.but
【小题2】
A.serviceB.businessC.favor D.trade
【小题3】
A.nurseB.WaitressC.guard D.guide
【小题4】
A.protectB.attendC.DefendD.comfort
【小题5】
A.NaughtyB.clever C.NormalD.happy
【小题6】
A.admitB.receiveC.AcceptD.adopt
【小题7】
A.speakB.playC.stand D.walk
【小题8】
A.ifB.whatC.why D.where
【小题9】
A.SuggestedB.ArguedC.ChallengedD.commented
【小题10】
A.CourageB.energyC.FaithD.time
【小题11】
A.eager B.sorryC.GratefulD.ready
【小题12】
A.awarenessB.knowledgeC.balance D.control
【小题13】
A.delightedB.cheeredC.LitD.shut
【小题14】
A.difficultB.interestingC.simpleD.terrible
【小题15】
A.fearsB.worriesC.chancesD.situation
【小题16】
A.climbed B.got C.ManagedD.made
【小题17】
A.takingB.holdingC.bringingD.greeting
【小题18】
A.KissB.ClapC.welcomeD.surprise
【小题19】
A.playB.doC.takeD.enjoy
【小题20】
A.miserableB.smartC.braveD.special

I began working in journalism(新闻工作)when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.
“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“ None.”
“ Where did you go?”
“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“ What did you do?”
“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“ You just stood there?”
“ Didn’t sell a single one.”
“ My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence(自信), and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
【小题1】Why did the boy start his job young?

A.He wanted to be famous in the future.
B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him.
D.The competiton for the job was fierce.
【小题2】From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A.excitedB.interestedC.ashamedD.disappointed(失望的)
【小题3】What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue.B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money.D.She changed her plan.
【小题4】What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?
A.The war between the boy’s parents. 
B.The arguing between the boy and his mother.
C.The quarrel between the boy and his customers. 
D.The fight between the boy and his father.
【小题5】What is the text mainly about?
A.The early life of a journalist.
B.The early success of a journalist.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.

(2013·高考四川卷)“Lookit’s Baldy”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the___on my headit was___horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months oldI suffered serious____after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was____to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors____to save my life.“Holly’s very____to be alive”they told Mum and Dad.“But she’ll be___with scars on her headand of course her hair won’t grow there.”

As a childI cared much about my scarsso I____wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.____I didn’tpeople would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting methey never____understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was____to a children’s burns campwhere children like me can get any help.ThereI____14?year?old Stephaniewhose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so____that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn’t____what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone elseHolly”she____me.“And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great____it” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something____.So weeks laterat my 13th birthday party____by her braveryI gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to____away behind my scarf.

NowI am____of what I look like and much happierbecause I have realized it is your personality(个性)that decides who you truly are.

1.A.hat? Bscarf

Cscars? Dcuts

2.A.still? Bjust

Cnever? Dseldom

3.A.hunger? Bcold

Cdefeats? Dburns

4.A.rushed? Bled

Cinvited? Dforced

5.A.learned? Bfought

Creturned? Ddecided

6.A.happy? Blucky

Clonely? Dpoor

7.A.pressed? Boccupied

Cleft? Dpainted

8.A.possibly? Busually

Cfinally? Dnearly

9.A.Although? BSince

CIf? DBefore

10.A.correctly? Broughly

Ceasily? Dreally

11.A.promoted? Bintroduced

Creported? Dcarried

12.A.met? Brecognized

Cremembered? Dcaught

13.A.honest? Bstrong

Cactive? Dyoung

14.A.write down? Bagree with

Cpass on? Dlisten to

15.A.promised? Bencouraged

Cordered? Dcalmed

16.A.in? Bfor

Cwithout? Dbeyond

17.A.similar? Bstrange

Chard? Dimportant

18.A.allowed? Brequired

Cguided? Dinspired

19.A.hide? Bgive

Ckeep? Dput

20.A.sick? Baware

Ctired? Dproud

 

Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a relaxation the summer before my busy senior year, __36__ my mother asked me to do her a __37__. One of her colleagues needed a full-time __38__. “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital; why not volunteer to __39__ Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a __40__ child.

Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not __41__ him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium(平衡)problems. He couldn't __42__ or run properly. I was hesitating __43__ I was to take the job when my mother __44__, “Don't you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the __45__.”

Then I told her I was __46__ for the job.

The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little __47__ , he was quite a mix.

At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings, the boy's face __48__ up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be__49__ to get a child to go down a slide. Believe me, it wasn't! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his __50__ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.

Halfway through the summer, he __51__ it to the top of the slide. With my arms __52_ him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his reaction. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big __53__ and asked, “May I go down again, alone?”

I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children __54__ for granted.

This __55__ child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.

1.                A.and            B.however        C.so   D.but

 

2.                A.service         B.business        C.favor     D.trade

 

3.                A.nurse          B.Waitress        C.guard    D.guide

 

4.                A.protect         B.attend          C.Defend   D.comfort

 

5.                A.Naughty        B.clever          C.Normal   D.happy

 

6.                A.admit          B.receive         C.Accept   D.adopt

 

7.                A.speak          B.play            C.stand     D.walk

 

8.                A.if             B.what           C.why D.where

 

9.                A.Suggested       B.Argued         C.Challenged    D.commented

 

10.               A.Courage        B.energy         C.Faith  D.time

 

11.               A.eager          B.sorry          C.Grateful   D.ready

 

12.               A.awareness      B.knowledge      C.balance   D.control

 

13.               A.delighted       B.cheered        C.Lit   D.shut

 

14.               A.difficult        B.interesting      C.simple D.terrible

 

15.               A.fears          B.worries         C.chances   D.situation

 

16.               A.climbed        B.got            C.Managed  D.made

 

17.               A.taking          B.holding         C.bringing   D.greeting

 

18.               A.Kiss           B.Clap           C.welcome  D.surprise

 

19.               A.play           B.do            C.take  D.enjoy

 

20.               A.miserable       B.smart          C.brave D.special

 

 

I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel. It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

A.He wanted to be famous in the future.

B.The job was quite easy for him.

C.His mother had high hopes for him.

D.The competition for the job was fierce.

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

A.excited

B.interested

C.ashamed

D.disappointed

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A.She forced him to continue.

B.She punished him.

C.She gave him some money.

D.She changed her plan.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.The early life of a journalist.

B.The early success of a journalist.

C.The happy childhood of the writer.

D.The important role of the writer in his family.

 

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