题目内容
I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer last surnmen The training
I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket,because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence,which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarketelt. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son,Tony, a shy first grader with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
1.What did the author do last summer?
A.She worked in the supermarket
B.She helped someone to learn to read
C.She gave single mothers the help they needed
D.She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer
2.Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?
A.Because she liked to walk to the supermarket
B.Because she lived far away from the bus stop
C.Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket
D.Because she couldn’t find the right bus
3.How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?
A.She knew where the goods were in the supermarket
B.She asked others to take her to the right place
C.She managed to find the goods by their looks
D.She remembered the names of the goods
4.What did the writer think of her work as a literacy volunteer?
A.Interesting B.Meaningful
C.Tiring D.Touching
1.B
2.D
3.C
4.B
【解析】
试题分析:文章叙述了作者去年夏天的一段经历。当时,作者参加了一项培训,并成为了一名扫盲志愿者。在帮助一位44岁的单身母亲学习的过程中,作者收获颇多。
1.细节理解题。从文章的第一段和最后一段内容可以看出作者在暑假期间参加了一项培训,成了一名扫盲志愿者,并最终成功地帮助了一位不识字的单身母亲学会了阅读。文章的主体就是叙述作者是如何帮助那位母亲(学会阅读)选B。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段第二句的提示可知,Marie 步行去超市是因为她不知道坐哪路公交车。故答案为D项。
3.细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知,Marie以前不识字,到超市购物只能看物品的外观。选C。
4.推理判断题。由文章最后一段可知,作为扫盲志愿者,作者从教学和助人的过程中学到了很多,因此作者认为做一名扫盲志愿者是很有意义的。选B。
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点评:文章是故事体裁。只要把握故事的七要素:时间、地点、人物、事件、原因、结果和评价或总结,文章便不难理解。题目设置主要是细节理解题,做题时不能粗心,要带着题目找到相关的信息句,加以判断。
I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people. Luckily there're small ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of__1__. One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this one day, I got to__3__a young homeless man. He was often_4__the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his__5_was close to mine. It_6__that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year_7__after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without__8__, I asked if he had had a good day. He__9__and said that he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so __10_.
I just couldn't bear the thought of this nice, young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线) basket.__12__for me, I had enough yarn__13__. I set to work and knitted a__14__for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty__15_I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be__16__when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__the scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The_20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
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On April 11 Lincoln, Mrs Lincoln and two friends were spending night in talk, when Lincoln suddenly began to discuss his dreams. “I had one the other night. About 10 days ago I went to bed very 36 . I had been up 37 for important letters from the White House for a long time. I could not have been 38 in bed when I fell into sleep. I soon began to 39 . There seemed to be a dead silence about me. Then I heard sobs(抽泣), 40 a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and 41 downstairs. There the silence was broken by some pitiful(令人可怜的) sobbing, but the mourners(送葬者)were 42 .I went from room to room, no living person was in sight; but the same mournful sounds of distress(悲痛) met me as I 43 along. It was light in all the rooms; 44 was well known to me,but 45 were all the people who were sobbing as if their hearts would 46 ? I was puzzled and frightened. What could be the 47 of all this? I kept on walking until I arrived at the East Room, which I 48 . Before me was a dead body. Around it were soldiers who were acting as 49 ; there were some people 50 pitifully. ‘‘Who is dead in the White House?” I asked.
“The president,” was the answer.
“It’s 51 !”I said to myself and was surprised. How did he die?”
“He was killed by an assassinator (暗杀者)!” was the answer.
“ 52 came a loud burst of crying from the crowd,which woke me from my dream. I slept 53 that night, and although it was 54 a dream I have been rather angry about it 55 .”
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I went to a local post office to send a gift to Florida yesterday afternoon. When I __1 _ the door, there were many people waiting there. A bit 2 , I decided to calmly wait for my turn to place the precious package on the 3 .
Since I didn’t 4 the tape to seal(封住)the box, I went to buy the tape. As I 5 secure the top of the box, a woman in front of me, a similar situation, asked if she could use some 6 . I gave her some and helped her put the gift into her 7 . Then a woman behind me also asked me if she could have some tape, since her envelop had ripped and I gladly 8 it to her.
When the woman in front of me 9 who I was sending the package to, I explained that my 80-year-old 10 Selma lives in Florida, 1200 miles from my home. She has a(n) 11
neighbor named Diane who has, on several occasions, accompanied her to the hospital. My mom 12 her “her angel” and had asked me to send her two willow tree angel.
As we spoke, the line moved and she offered me a place in front of her. I was 13 and thanked her. At that moment, the other people in front of her ushered me in front of them by the time
I __14 the counter, we were all smiling and laughing and I thanked them sincerely.
A few inches of tape can seal the world 15 .
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A.counter | B.ground | C.wall | D.window |
A.borrow | B.have | C.know | D.accept |
A.wanted | B.forgot | C.began | D.continued |
A.money | B.tape | C.paper | D.advice |
A.had | B.box | C.pocket | D.car |
A.brought | B.showed | C.gave | D.bought |
A.asked | B.announced | C.said | D.expressed |
A.aunt | B.grandma | C.sister | D.mother |
A.wonderful | B.careless | C.sick | D.unfortunate |
A.makes | B.promises | C.calls | D.teaches |
A.afraid | B.regretful | C.delighted | D.unhappy |
A.reached | B.left | C.saw | D.moved |
A.open | B.together | C.apart | D.enough |
I remember my math teacher Mr. Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger.
I was not very good at English and math. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found so easy to learn.
One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be taken to the “big prison for kids”.
I tried really hard for weeks. I just couldn’t understand how to make different parts of numbers into whole things.
The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr Young would give me an E, just like he always did.
I went to Mr. Young and told him that the orphanage (孤儿院) was going to send me to the big prison if I got another E on my report card. He told me there was nothing he could do; it would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned. I smiled at him and said, “Mr. Young, do you know how the kids make fun of you because you’re missing your finger?”
He looked at me, moved his mouth to one side and said nothing.
“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help not having a finger, Mr Young. Just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that,” I said.
The next day, when I got my report card, I tucked it into one of my books. While on the school bus, I opened it: Geography, B+; Mechanical Drawing, C-; English, D-; History, C-; Gym, B+; Art, C; Math, D-.
That math grade was the most favorite one I ever received. Because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head.
【小题1】From the second paragraph we can infer that the boy is ______ in some subjects.
A.mind-blowing | B.slow-witted | C.fun-loving | D.badly-behaved |
A.In an orphanage. | B.In a big prison. |
C.In the school dormitory. | D.In his home. |
A. D-. B. C. C. B+. D. E.
【小题4】 The underlined word “tucked” in the passage most probably means “________”.
A.stuck | B.listed | C.hid | D.copied |
A.he missed one of his fingers | B.he treated his students very well |
C.he understood the boy | D.he taught his students in a special way |
Grandfather was an elder Cherokee Native American who had a wrinkled, nut brown face and kind dark eyes.His grandson often came in the evening to sit on his knee and asked the many questions that children asked.
One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face and the following story."Father and I went to the store today and because I helped him, he bought me a present, a jack-knife.I went outside to wait for father and to admire my new knife in the sunlight.Some town boys came by and saw me.They surrounded me and started saying bad things.They called me dirty and stupid and said that I should not have such a fine knife.The largest of these boys pushed me back and I fell over one of the other boys.I dropped my knife and one of them picked it up and they all ran away laughing.I hate them.I hate them all.”
The elder Cherokee, with eyes that had seen too much, lifted his grandson's face so his eyes looked into the boy's face.Grandfather said, " Let me tell you a story.I, too, at times, have felt a great hate for those who have taken so much with no sorrow for what they do.But hate wears you down and does not hurt your enemy.It is like drinking poison and wishing your enemy would die.I have struggled with these feelings many times.It is as if two wolves are inside me...It is a terrible fight.
One wolf is good and does no harm.He lives in harmony with all around him and does not take offense (冒犯) when no offense is intended.It will only fight when it is right to do so and in the right way.This wolf stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, modesty, kindness, friendship, sympathy, generosity, truth and faith.
The other wolf is full of anger.The smallest thing will set off his fiercest temper.He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason.He cannot think because his anger and hate are so much.
It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing.This wolf represents fear, envy, greed, self-pity, guilt, lies, false pride and superiority.
Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me for both of them try to control my mind.This same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person too."
The boy looked into his grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied ...
"The one you feed."
【小题1】The boy was angry because ______.
A.he was not satisfied with his present |
B.his back was badly injured in a fight |
C.he had waited for his father for too long |
D.his jack-knife had been taken away by some boys |
A.aggressive(好斗) | B.sympathetic | C.modest | D.unsuccessful |
A."hate" is healthy | B."hate" hurts oneself |
C."hate" is complicated | D."hate" harms one's enemies |
A.We should feed the two wolves equally. |
B.Living in harmony with others is important. |
C.Our feelings should be expressed at the right time. |
D.The choices we make determine who we will become. |