题目内容
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most people were 36_their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to _37_early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival, he _38__his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After _39_
10 hours of labor, his returned to find his bike 40 ．
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool．Trevor used it to get to 41 , putting in 60-hour weeks to __42__his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries, 43 us from having to walk long distances from where we live．
I was so 44_that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly after that, several people in our area 45 to help．One wonderful stranger 46 bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up．47 my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is a (an) 48 that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．People say that a smile can be 49 from one person to another, but acts of kindness from 50 are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it 51 our faith in humanity as a whole．And it has _52 us to be more mindful of ways that we, too, can 53 with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone 54 ．And the results can be 55 ．
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解析
William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama (戏剧) and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Price in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would who probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet Auden wrote, among others, the following liners:
Earth, receive an honored guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie
Emptied of its poetry.
【小题1】Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?
| A．It filled Yeats’s childhood with laughter. |
| B．It was shocked by Yeats’s choice. |
| C．It was a typically wealthy family. |
| D．It had an artistic atmosphere. |
| A．Yeats founded the first Irish theater. |
| B．Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry. |
| C．Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s. |
| D．Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize. |
| A．Envy. | B．Sympathy. |
| C．Emptiness. | D．Admiration. |
| A．Yeats’ literary achievements. |
| B．Yeats’ historical influence. |
| C．Yeats’ artistic ambition. |
| D．Yeats’ national honor. |
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