I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old.My mother told us that we would not be   26  Christmas gifts because there was not enough money.I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 27 ?" Just when I started to  28  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women  29  at our house with gifts for all of us.For me they brought a doll.I felt such a sense of 30  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school.I wasn’t   31 .Somebody had thought  32  of 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  33 Christmas there special and memorable, I  34  remembered the women’s visit.I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  35  for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I   36  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help.We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party.For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,   37  with a child’s name.We wanted all of them to know they were  38.Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   39  them that they couldn’t open their presents   40  every child had come forward.Finally the   41  they 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  42  up the room.The   43  in the room was obvious, and   44  wasn’t just about toys.It was a feeling — the feeling I knew   45 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit.I wasn’t forgotten.Somebody thought of me.I matter.

【小题1】
A.sending B.receivingC.making D.exchanging
【小题2】
A.found B.preparedC.gotD.expected
【小题3】
A.doubtB.hopeC.suggest D.accept
【小题4】
A.broke in B.settled down C.turned upD.showed off
【小题5】
A.relief B.lossC.achievementD.justice
【小题6】
A.blamedB.lovedC.forgottenD.affected
【小题7】
A.highly B.little C.poorlyD.enough
【小题8】
A.presentB.firstC.recent D.previous
【小题9】
A.hardly B.instantlyC.regularly D.occasionally
【小题10】
A.strength B.independenceC.importance D.safety
【小题11】
A.kept up withB.caught up withC.came up withD.put up with
【小题12】
A.none B.fewC.some D.each
【小题13】
A.fine B.special C.helpfulD.normal
【小题14】
A.remindedB.guaranteed C.convinced D.promised
【小题15】
A.after B.until C.when D.since
【小题16】
A.chance B.giftC.moment D.reward
【小题17】
A.litB.tookC.burned D.cheered
【小题18】
A.atmosphereB.sympathy C.calmnessD.joy
【小题19】
A.it B.suchC.somethingD.everybody
【小题20】
A.byB.tillC.forD.from


I am a mother of three children and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was social study. The last project of the term was called “Smile”. The last class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.
Soon after we were given the project, my husband, my youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s one cold March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.
We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back way. I turned around and found there standing behind me were two poor homeless men with a horrible “dirty body” smell. The short gentleman, close to me, was “smiling”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of light as he searched for acceptance. The second man played with his hands uneasily as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation (救赎). The short man just asked for a coffee because that was all they could afford.
I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the men’s table. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and said “Thank you”.
I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son. When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, “That’s why God gave you to me, Honey. To give me hope.”
On the last evening of class, I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I share this?” I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and we all knew that we need to heal people and to be healed.
I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. “LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS---NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.”
【小题1】 Why did the people around the author back away?

A.Because both men were poorly dressed and mentally ill.
B.Because the short gentleman was smiling to everyone around.
C.Because two homeless men were also waiting in line, with a bad smell.
D.Because the second man stood playing with his hands.
【小题2】After the author handed the meals to the homeless men, she _________.
A.talked with them for a while.B.went back to her husband and son
C.turned in her projectD.regretted and cried
【小题3】 What kind of woman do you think the author is?
A.Over-curiousB.CaringC.MatureD.Lovely
【小题4】 What does the author try to tell us with the last sentence?
A.Giving is a gesture of love, which people will understand and appreciate.
B.If you need help from others, you’d better present them with gifts.
C.If you want to get something from somebody, you should please him with gifts.
D.Don’t be greedy with money or ask people to do things for you.
【小题5】 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.The author’s husband was very proud of her.
B.What the author did to the men touched many people.
C.Poor as the homeless men were, they had their dignity.
D.The author felt we should know how to heal people.

I cheated on a unit test in math class this morning during second period with Mr. Burke. Afterward, I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it.

I came straight home from school, went to my room, and lay on the floor trying to decide whether it would be better to run away from home now or after supper. Mostly I wished I was dead. It wasn't even an accident that I cheated.

Yesterday Mr. Burke announced there'd be a unit test and anyone who didn't pass would have to come to school on Saturday, most particularly me, since I didn't pass the last unit test. I did plan to study just to prove to him that I'm plenty smart—which I am mostly—except in math.

Anyway, I got my desk ready to study on . Just when I was ready to work, Nicho came into my room with our new rabbit and it jumped on my desk and knocked the flashcards all over the floor. What a mess! Nicho and I finally took the rabbit outside but then Philip came to my room and also Marty from next door and before long it was dinner.

After dinner my father said I could watch a special on television if I'd done all my homework. Of course I said I had. That was the beginning. I felt terrible telling my father a lie about the homework.

It was nine o'clock when I got up to my room and that was too late to study for the unit test so I lay in my bed with the light off and decided what I would do the next day when I was in Mr. Burke's math class not knowing the 8- and 9-times tables. So, you see, the cheating was planned after all.

The next day, I'd go into class as usual, acting like things were going just great. I'd sit down next to Stanley Plummer—he is so smart in math it makes you sick—and from time to time, I'd glance over at his paper to copy the answers.

Lying on the floor of my room, I begin to think that probably I've been bad all along. It just took this math test to clinch it. I'll probably never tell the truth again. I tell my mother I'm sick when she calls me to come down for dinner. She doesn't believe me, but puts me to bed anyhow. I lie there in the early winter darkness wondering what terrible thing I'll be doing next when my father comes in and sits down on my bed.

"What's the matter?" he asks. "I've got a stomachache," I say. Luckily, it's too dark to see his face. "Is that all?" "Yeah." "Mommy says you've been in your room since school." "I was sick there too," I say. "She thinks something happened today and you're upset." That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother. She knows things sitting inside my head the same as if I was turned inside out.

"Well," my father says. I can tell he doesn't believe me. "My stomach is feeling sort of upset." I hedge. "Okay," he says and he pats my leg and gets up.

Just as he shuts the door to my room I call out to him in a voice I don't even recognize as my own. "How come?" he calls back not surprised or anything. So I tell him I cheated on this math test. To tell the truth, I'm pretty much surprised at myself. I didn't plan to tell him anything.

He doesn't say anything at first and that just about kills me. I'd be fine if he'd spank me or something. And then he says I'll have to call Mr. Burke. It's not what I had in mind. "Now?" I ask surprised. "Now," he says. He turns on the light and pulls off my covers. "I'm not going to," I say.

But I do it. I call Mr. Burke, and I tell him exactly what happened, even that I decided to cheat the night before the test. He says I'll come on Saturday to take another test, which is okay with me, and I thank him a whole lot for being understanding and all.

"Today I thought I was turning into a criminal," I tell my father when he turns out my light. Sometimes my father kisses me good night and sometimes he doesn't. I never know. But tonight he does.

1.After the author cheated on the math test, he felt ____________.

A.frightened because he might be caught

B.excited that he had succeeded

C.pleased that nobody knew it

D.unhappy because he had done something wrong

2.By “It wasn't even an accident that I cheated”, the author means that ________.

A.he had planned not to study before the test

B.he decided to cheat when he knew there was going to be a test

C.he decided to cheat after he had wasted the whole evening

D.he had planned to cheat with Plummer before the test

3.The author’ mother often drives him crazy because _____-.

A.She really knows what he is thinking

B.she was very strict with him

C.she doesn’t believe him

D.she asks him to come down for dinner

4.After he was informed of what he had done, the father _______.

A.scolded the author severely

B.didn’t say anything and left

C.called Mr. Burke immediately

D.let the author make a call to Mr. Burke

5.The author’s father kissed the author good night because ________-.

A.he had done something unusual

B.he promised to study math harder

C.he was willing to take a make-up test

D.he realized his mistake and had the courage to admit it

 

 

  I am a mother of three children and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was social study. The last project of the term was called “Smile”. The last class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.

  Soon after we were given the project, my husband, my youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s one cold March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.

   We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back way. I turned around and found there standing behind me were two poor homeless men with a horrible “dirty body” smell. The short gentleman, close to me, was “smiling”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of light as he searched for acceptance. The second man played with his hands uneasily as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation (救赎). The short man just asked for a coffee because that was all they could afford.

  I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the men’s table. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and said “Thank you”.

  I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son. When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, “That’s why God gave you to me, Honey. To give me hope.”

On the last evening of class, I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I share this?” I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and we all knew that we need to heal people and to be healed.

  I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. “LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS---NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.”

1. Why did the people around the author back away?

A. Because both men were poorly dressed and mentally ill.

B. Because the short gentleman was smiling to everyone around.

C. Because two homeless men were also waiting in line, with a bad smell.

D. Because the second man stood playing with his hands.

2.After the author handed the meals to the homeless men, she _________.

A. talked with them for a while.        B. went back to her husband and son

C. turned in her project               D. regretted and cried

3. What kind of woman do you think the author is?

A. Over-curious       B. Caring           C. Mature        D. Lovely

4. What does the author try to tell us with the last sentence?

A. Giving is a gesture of love, which people will understand and appreciate.

B. If you need help from others, you’d better present them with gifts.

C. If you want to get something from somebody, you should please him with gifts.

D. Don’t be greedy with money or ask people to do things for you.

5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The author’s husband was very proud of her.

B. What the author did to the men touched many people.

C. Poor as the homeless men were, they had their dignity.

D. The author felt we should know how to heal people.

 

阅读理解。
     On Saturday, February 12 two thousand, two things happened that changed everything in my life. The
 first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She was twenty-six this day, and yet to me she 
was still my baby sister. I suppose that I pictured her as a little girl, and treated her like one in order to 
hold onto and preserve my own youth. Until I saw her in her wedding dress I still had a vision of her with
 chubby little cheeks and long, dark-brown pigtails (马尾辫子) blowing in the wind, perhaps even a 
permanent smudge of chocolate around her pink lips. I guess it's true that you see only what you want to
 see. Where did this beautiful woman with the glowing complexion (皮肤) and gentle curves (身体曲线)
 come from?
      I was happy that day, and also sad. Gone were the days of me bossing her around and telling her 
what she should do with her life. My bossy behavior had earned me the nickname Lucy. If you are a 
Peanuts fan then you can clearly imagine my behavior as an older sister. To me it wasn't an insult; I rather
 like the nickname Lucy. I happen to think that Lucy is strong and has incredible self-confidence, although 
she is a little overbearing (专横的) at times. I did my best to live up to the standards set forth by this 
dynamic cartoon character.
     I left the reception to get some air because suddenly I was overcome with grief at the realization 
that I was no longer a child. I went outside and walked to a nearby playground where there were
 children playing on the slide, the swings and digging in the dirt. There was a little girl twirling around on a
 bar, one knee wrapped tightly around the bar and fashioned behind her knee. It was all I could do to sit
 there and just watch, for I too wanted to get on that bar with her and see if I could still hold the all-time 
twirling record (ninety-nine times in fifth grade). Somewhere inside I knew that I would break my neck, 
and I was wearing a bridesmaid dress. Not exactly playground material. And so I sat watching the
 children play. I'm not sure how long I sat there before my sister came and joined me. We talked about 
how we are grown up now and shed a few tears for our childhood days gone by. As she wiped a tear
 from my eye she lovingly said, "you'll always be Lucy to me." We hugged.
     My cousin Mike walked over and told my sister that it was time to cut the cake. And then he
 dropped bomb number two on me. "Hey, did you guys hear that Charles Schultz died today?" He said it
 like it was no big deal. He took my sister's arm and turned to head back for the reception hall. 
"Coming?" They asked. "In a minute." I replied, and sat back down on the bench, dizzy from what he had 
just told me.
     Dead? How could Charles Schultz be dead? He was my creator! And though I have never met the
 man personally, he has always been like an invisible father to me. He did, after all, fashion a famous
 character after me. I lost so many things on this day. Innocence slipped away from me like a thief in the 
night: come and gone before I could do anything about it, taking with it all the treasures that I held most 
valuable in my heart. I felt myself grow up, all in one moment. Reality rushed in around me like a hurricane
 tide. There was nowhere to run to. All I could do was sit there and watch it destroy and reshape what 
had existed only a moment before. I was no longer a child. I was no longer Lucy who knew what was 
best for everyone else. I saw, for the first time, what I really was—a thirty-year old woman with a
 husband of my own, and soon, a child of my own.
     I allowed the tide to carry my sadness out with it. Take it out to sea, for it serves no purpose in my
 life. I stood up from the bench; a little taller than I was when I sat down. I turned and headed back to
 the hall, hoping I didn't miss the cutting of the cake. It was the day my sister grew wings of her own and 
left the nest. It was the day that Lucy died, and I was born.
1. Why did the author treat her sister as a little girl?   
A. Because the author was older than her sister.
B. Because the author didn't want to grow up.   
C. Because her sister always wore pigtails and liked eating chocolate.   
D. Because the author didn't want her sister to get married.
2. The author liked the nickname Lucy for the reason that ________.   
A. Lucy was lively and confident           
. Lucy was bossy and overbearing   
C. Lucy was her favorite cartoon character    
D. She wanted to imitate Lucy's behavior.
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to paragraph 3?  
A. The author joined the little girl twirling around on a bar.   
B. The author could still hold the all-time twirling record of ninety-nine times.   
C. The author didn't want to face the fact that she was no longer a child.   
D. The author's sister didn't like her bossy behavior.
4. What can you infer from the passage?  
A. The author's cousin Tom was sad about the death of Charles Schultz.   
B. The author lost many things on that day.   
C. The author had a husband and a child of her own.   
D. Charles Schultz had a great influence on the author's life.
5. What is implied in the underlined sentence "It was the day that Lucy died, and I was born."?
A. The author didn't like the nickname Lucy any more and wanted to start a new life.
B. Lucy would no longer influence the author and she wanted to be herself.
C. The author would no longer be sad about the lost innocence and face the fact that she was an adult  D. The author would not be bossy towards her sister any longer.
6. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?  
A. Two Things That Changed My Life       
B. Letting Go of Yesterday   
C. My Sister And Charles Schultz           
D. My Sister's Wedding

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