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I cry easily. I cried when a boy in the film suffered from an incurable disease. I cried when an athlete broke a world record.

 One night my wife and I were going to dinner at a friend ' s.As we went towards the house, I noticed a car pulling out from the sidewalk.Just ahead, another car was waiting to back into the parking space.But before he could do so a yellow car came up from behind and sneaked into the space.

While my wife went ahead into our friend' s house, I stepped into the street.

“Hey,” I said, “this parking space belongs to that guy.” I gestured towards the man ahead, who was looking back angrily.At that moment I was feeling pretty manly.

 “ Mind your own business!” the driver told me.

 “No,” I said.“You don' t understand.That fellow was waiting to back into this space.”

 Things quickly heated up, until finally he jumped out of the car.My God, he was extremely large.He grabbed me and shook his rock of a fist at me.I tasted blood.I was terrified.

Almost in a panic, I ran to my friend ' s front door.As a former Marine (海军) , as a man, I felt absolutely embarrassed as my wife and friends asked me what had happened.All I could say was that I had had an argument about a parking space.They were sensitive and let it go at that.

Perhaps half an hour later, the doorbell rang.For some reason I was sure that the huge man had returned for me.My blood ran cold.My hostess got up to answer it, but I stopped her.I knew I had to face up to my fear.

I opened the door.There he stood.“I came back to apologize,” he said in a low voice.“I am ashamed of myself.The Brooklyn Navy Yard where I've worked for ten years is closing.Today I got laid off.I' m not myself.I hope you’ ll accept my apology.”

 I remembered that after I closed the door, I stood there for a few minutes alone with tears in my eyes.

1.What did the author do when a yellow car drove into the parking space?

 A.He beat the driver.

 B.He blamed the driver.

 C.He asked the driver to apologize.

 D.He ran to his friend' s house for help.

2.What do we know about the yellow car' s driver?

 A.He was rude and liked fighting.

 B.He was famous for his bad temper.

 C.He lost his job and felt terrible that day.

 D.He tried to get the author' s parking space.

3.What does the underlined sentence mean?

 A.I became quite calm.

 B.I felt extremely frightened.

 C.I couldn't move with cold.

 D.I was too angry to say anything.

4.What kind of person is the author?

 A.Direct and serious.           B.Humorous and open - minded.

 C.Honest and ambitious.         D.Warm - hearted and understanding

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】略

 

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  I cry easily.I cried when a boy in the film suffered from an incurable disease.I cried when an athlete broke a world record.

  One night my wife and I were going to dinner at a friend ' s.As we went towards the house, I noticed a car pulling out from the sidewalk.Just ahead, another car was waiting to back into the parking space.But before he could do so a yellow car came up from behind and sneaked into the space.

  While my wife went ahead into our friend' s house, I stepped into the street.

  "Hey," I said, "this parking space belongs to that guy." I gestured towards the man ahead, who was looking back angrily.At that moment I was feeling pretty manly.

  " Mind your own business!" the driver told me.

  "No," I said."You don' t understand.That fellow was waiting to back into this space."

  Things quickly heated up, until finally he jumped out of the car.My God, he was extremely large.He grabbed me and shook his rock of a fist at me.I tasted blood.I was terrified.

  Almost in a panic, I ran to my friend ' s front door.As a former Marine(海军), as a man, I felt absolutely embarrassed as my wife and friends asked me what had happened.All I could say was that I had had an argument about a parking space.They were sensitive and let it go at that.

  Perhaps half an hour later, the doorbell rang.For some reason I was sure that the huge man had returned for me.My blood ran cold.My hostess got up to answer it, but I stopped her.I knew I had to face up to my fear.

  I opened the door.There he stood." I came back to apologize," he said in a low voice."I am ashamed of myself.The Brooklyn Navy Yard where I've worked for ten years is closing.Today I got laid off.I' m not myself.I hope you" ll accept my apology.

  I remembered that after I closed the door, I stood there for a few minutes alone with tears in my eyes.

(1)

What did the author do when a yellow car drove into the parking space?

[  ]

A.

He beat the driver.

B.

He blamed the driver.

C.

He asked the driver to apologize.

D.

He ran to his friend' s house for help.

(2)

What do we know about the yellow car' s driver?

[  ]

A.

He was rude and liked fighting.

B.

He was famous for his bad temper.

C.

He lost his job and felt terrible that day.

D.

He tried to get the author' s parking space.

(3)

What does the underlined sentence mean?

[  ]

A.

I became quite calm.

B.

I felt extremely frightened.

C.

I couldn't move with cold.

D.

I was too angry to say anything.

(4)

What kind of person is the author?

[  ]

A.

Direct and serious.

B.

Humorous and open - minded.

C.

Honest and ambitious.

D.

Warm - hearted and understanding

I cry easily. I cried when a boy in the film suffered from an incurable disease. I cried when an athlete broke a world record.
One night my wife and I were going to dinner at a friend ' s.As we went towards the house, I noticed a car pulling out from the sidewalk.Just ahead, another car was waiting to back into the parking space.But before he could do so a yellow car came up from behind and sneaked into the space.
While my wife went ahead into our friend' s house, I stepped into the street.
“Hey,” I said, “this parking space belongs to that guy.” I gestured towards the man ahead, who was looking back angrily.At that moment I was feeling pretty manly.
“ Mind your own business!” the driver told me.
“No,” I said.“You don' t understand.That fellow was waiting to back into this space.”
Things quickly heated up, until finally he jumped out of the car.My God, he was extremely large.He grabbed me and shook his rock of a fist at me.I tasted blood.I was terrified.
Almost in a panic, I ran to my friend ' s front door.As a former Marine (海军) , as a man, I felt absolutely embarrassed as my wife and friends asked me what had happened.All I could say was that I had had an argument about a parking space.They were sensitive and let it go at that.
Perhaps half an hour later, the doorbell rang.For some reason I was sure that the huge man had returned for me.My blood ran cold.My hostess got up to answer it, but I stopped her.I knew I had to face up to my fear.
I opened the door.There he stood.“I came back to apologize,” he said in a low voice.“I am ashamed of myself.The Brooklyn Navy Yard where I've worked for ten years is closing.Today I got laid off.I' m not myself.I hope you’ ll accept my apology.”
I remembered that after I closed the door, I stood there for a few minutes alone with tears in my eyes.
【小题1】What did the author do when a yellow car drove into the parking space?

A.He beat the driver.
B.He blamed the driver.
C.He asked the driver to apologize.
D.He ran to his friend' s house for help.
【小题2】What do we know about the yellow car' s driver?
A.He was rude and liked fighting.
B.He was famous for his bad temper.
C.He lost his job and felt terrible that day.
D.He tried to get the author' s parking space.
【小题3】What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.I became quite calm.
B.I felt extremely frightened.
C.I couldn't move with cold.
D.I was too angry to say anything.
【小题4】What kind of person is the author?
A.Direct and serious.B.Humorous and open - minded.
C.Honest and ambitious.D.Warm - hearted and understanding

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find  37  work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us  38  every couple of years.

Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the  39  when I was  40  to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks. 

When I  41  in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n)  42  language I couldn’t understand. I  43  that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek(呆子) class. The teachers were always  44  my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read  45

46  after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things.  47  just made my life worse. If I was going to  48  in this new concrete jungle, I had to  49  . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own  50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers  51  my improvement and moved me into a more  52  English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without  53  frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again  54  .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I  55  understand people.

1.                A.find           B.join            C.see  D.help

 

2.                A.good-looking    B.well-dressed     C.better-paying  D.highly-thought

 

3.                A.once           B.other          C.each D.only

 

4.                A.case           B.condition       C.situation  D.state

 

5.                A.packing         B.trying          C.managing D.arranging

 

6.                A.reached        B.entered        C.got  D.arrived

 

7.                A.strange         B.unusual         C.standard  D.foreign

 

8.                A.hoped         B.wished         C.expected D.demanded

 

9.                A.staring         B.looking         C.checking  D.watching

 

10.               A.texts           B.newspapers     C.English    D.poems

 

11.               A.Although       B.Even if         C.But   D.Since

 

12.               A.It             B.They           C.I D.Things

 

13.               A.live            B.study          C.survive    D.continue

 

14.               A.adapt          B.adopt          C.adore D.admire

 

15.               A.for            B.in             C.after  D.at

 

16.               A.made          B.noticed         C.concerned D.remember

 

17.               A.modern        B.advanced       C.difficult   D.convenient

 

18.               A.even          B.ever           C.some D.any

 

19.               A.if             B.though         C.ever  D.because

 

20.               A.could          B.should         C.would D.might

 

 

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