题目内容
My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter’s college. It was the first time in our life that we would __36__ for any length of time. We wondered how other people had __37__ it.
Later in bed, I __38__ the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to keep the __39__ from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to __40__ college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn’t want to get to the city __41__. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little __42__. He finally said, “I never went to college and __43__ of your brothers did. I can’t say don’t do this or that, because everything is __44__ and I don’t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __45__. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be __46__ in the big town and I would be __47__ the life home.
Then my father __48__ the Bible that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must __49__ it. He just said, “This can help you __50__ you will let it.”
When I finished school I took the Bible __51__ to my father. But he said he wanted me to __52__ it.
Now, too often, I remember. It would have been so __53__ to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn’t. My father could give me only a Bible, but now I don’t really believe that I gave her half as __54__ as my father gave me. So the next morning I __55__ up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note “This can help you.” I said, “if you will let it.”
1. A. worry B. separate C. stay D. travel
2. A. left B. stood C. enjoyed D. tried
3. A. wasted B. spent C. remembered D. killed
4. A. policemen B. workers C. cattle D. birds
5. A. graduate from B. go away to C. set out D. set up
6. A. very late B. far away C. too soon D. once again
7. A. speech B. living C. promise D. progress
8. A. some B. one C. none D. all
9.A. impossible B. different C. difficult D. favorite
10. A. work out B. die out C. hold out D. break out
11. A. happy B. alone C. free D. lost
12. A. losing B. spending C. missing D. living
13. A. brought about B. brought out C. brought up D. brought down
14. A. refuse B. mark C. follow D. take
15. A. if B. unless C. but D. though
16. A. down B. up C. back D. away
17. A. keep B. return C. post D. sell
18. A. popular B. strange C. ready D. nice
19. A. much B. many C. far D. good
20. A. set B. turned C. gave D. wrapped
1.B
2.B
3.C
4.C
5.B
6.C
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.A
11.B
12.C
13.B
14.D
15.A
16.C
17.A
18.D
19.A
20.D
【解析】 略
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. |
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. |
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. |
A.Direct and serious. | B.Humorous and open - minded. |
C.Honest and ambitious. | D.Warm - hearted and understanding |
The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I’ ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ ve ever encountered(遇到)to help me make the big choice in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another biopsy(活组织检查)and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.
This was the closest I’ ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’ t waste it repeating someone else’ s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma(教条)—which is living with the results of other people’ s thinking. Don’ t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
【小题1】The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.
A.he had to rest at home |
B.his disease was not serious at all |
C.his disease couldn’ t be cured |
D.he had to wait for the result of the test |
A.Angry | B.Excited | C.Optimistic | D.Hopeless |
A.He thinks it is nothing to be scared of. |
B.He thinks it is not the end of life. |
C.He thinks it is impossible to avoid. |
D.He thinks it is the beginning of a new life |
A.follow others’ advice |
B.take no notice of diseases |
C.take exercise and keep healthy |
D.have the courage to follow our heart |