题目内容
It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway．I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box．But Nora did．She wasn’t even four, but she 36 at my coat and said, “That man’s cold, Daddy, 37 we take him home?”
I don’t remember my reply．But I do remember a sudden 38 feeling inside me．I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 39 , whether it was 40 in flight or children playing．But now she was noticing 41 and beggary．
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 42 it to an elderly person．It was quick and easy．I 43 us up．Nora was 44 about it．She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 45 our job was．When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 46 myself to leave the house to fetch the food package．On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn 47 ．The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home．Why do this? 48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed．She 49 us right over．
The building was in a bad state．Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress．She took the package and asked us to come in．Nora ran inside．I unwillingly followed． 50 inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poor．Our hostess showed us some photos．Nora played and when it came time to say good-bye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears．
Professionals call such a（n） 51 a “volunteer opportunity”．They are opportunities, and I’ve come to see．Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something 52 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and 53 clothes for the homeless．Yet, as I’ve 54 her grow over these past four years, I still wonder ------ which of us has 55 more?
1. A．pulled B．glanced C．pointed D．aimed
2. A．would B．need C．can D．must
3. A．general B．heavy C．funny D．simple
4. A．area B．part C．eyesight D．world
5. A．insects B．animals C．plants D．birds
6. A．coldness B．suffering C．illness D．ignorance
7. A．delivered B．returned C．devoted D．posted
8. A．held B．hurried C．lined D．signed
9. A．casual B．sorry C．astonished D．excited
10. A．valuable B．creative C．shocking D．simple
11. A．push B．stop C．allow D．warn
12. A．away B．back C．up D．out
13. A．Therefore B．Obviously C．Still D．Also
14. A．called B．promised C．invited D．helped
15. A．Although B．Though C．Because D．Once
16. A．visit B．stay C．adventure D．challenge
17. A．fair B．famous C．difficult D．enjoyable
18. A．wear B．make C．order D．collect
19. A．let B．watched C．made D．noticed
20. A．increased B．tried C．benefited D．seized
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.D
5.D
6.B
7.A
8.D
9.D
10.A
11.A
12.B
13.C
14.C
15.D
16.A
17.D
18.D
19.B
20.C
【解析】
试题分析：本文讲的是父亲和女儿在百老汇通过女儿做的一件小事受到启发和一些感慨。
1.根据语境，女儿拉了一下我的衣角说。。。，A拖，拉，拔B 一瞥C 挥舞，挥动D瞄准，选A
2.考查情态动词：女儿见那个乞丐很冷，问她爸爸是否可以把他带回家。征询意见，can we ...? 我们可不可以。。。。？选C
3.考查形容词：A．general普遍的B．heavy重的C．funny滑稽的D．simple简单的，从下文可知女儿过去只在意孩童的美好世界，但现在开始关注苦难，赤贫。所以作者突然有一种沉重心情。选B
4.考查名词：A．area地区B．part部分C．eyesight视力D．world世界，下文提到提到鸟儿嬉戏，小孩玩耍等均是童趣，是女儿的她的孩童世界。选D
5.根据常识，女儿的孩童世界，童趣当然是看鸟儿嬉戏，与小孩玩耍等。选D
6.考查名词：本空和beggary是并列关系，行乞与苦难有关，故选 suffering ，选B
7.考查动词：根据句意，自愿者把食物包装盒收集起来送到一位年迈的人。Deliver sth to sb.post 邮寄，不合语境。选A
8.考查词组：我们报名参加了自愿者活动，sign up报名，选D
9.考查形容词：从第一段可知看出女儿很有爱心。对这次自愿者活动她感到很兴奋，选D
10.考查形容词：在此活动中女儿可以理解食物的重要性，因此我们的工作很有价值。选A
11.考查动词：从下一句可以看出，到了星期天，我想呆在家看报纸，喝咖啡，因而是“逼迫”着离开家，选A
12.考查词组：根据句意，我有着强烈的欲望想转身回家。Turn back 往回走turn away走开，离开turn up出现，把声音调大，turn out结果是，被证明是，选B
13.考查连词：A因此B显而易见C仍然，但是，还D也，根据我们还是打电话给了指定的那位老人（准备把食物包装盒送去）选C
14.考查动词：从下文可知我们走进了老人的住处，说明他邀请我们过去，故选invited，选C
15.考查连词：AB是转折，C均表原因，可排除，D一旦，根据上文Nora跑进去了，我不情愿的跟着进去，我一旦进去，我便看到了属于某个穷人的公寓。选D
16.考查名词：专业人士把这样的拜访（去老人家）叫做志愿者的机会。选A。
17.形容词辨析。与good 呼应，做既利人又利己的事，当然是令人愉快的事，有乐趣的事，选D。
18.考查动词：募集衣物给无家可归的人。Ａ穿Ｂ制作Ｃ订购Ｄ收集，募集，选D。
19.考查动词：过去四年，通过在百老汇做志愿者活动，看着我女儿不断成长。选B。
20.考查动词：句意，我们到底哪个受益更多（我们都有收获），选C。
考点：教育类记叙文。
点评：本文讲的是父亲和女儿在百老汇通过女儿做的一件小事受到启发和一些感慨。答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker(搭便车的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my 36 and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was 37 and he told me he needed a 38 to his doctor’s office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to 39 and he gratefully did so.
40 he got in he told me that he was a 41 and went out to sea for weeks at a time. He took medicine for his nerves and 42 to get another prescription(处方) before he left on the boat. He said that he had prayed (祈祷) 43 would stop for him so he could be there before the 44 office closed. With some 45 driving we managed to make it there in about 10 46. I then asked him how he 47 on getting back home and he said he could walk. “I’ll patiently 48 for you and bring you back,” I told him. He 49 me and said he should only be about 15 minutes.
Afterwards he got back in my 50 and tried his hardest to pay me back: offering me dinner, gas money, even offering to ship me 40 lbs of scallops (海扇贝)! I 51 refused, gave him a smile card and asked him to help someone else the next time he had a 52. I drove him back to where I had picked him up and 53 one more “thank you” he was on his way.
I feel that the universe 54 provides us with what we need. In the man’s 55 it was a ride, in mine the opportunity to help someone else.
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I started winning competitions. We still had very little money -- my father had to borrow $5,000 to pay for a trip to the International Young Pianists Competition in Ettlingen, Germany, in 1994, when I was 12. I realized later how much pressure he was under. Tears streamed down his face when it was announced that I'd won -- earning enough money to pay back our loan.
It was soo n clear I couldn't stay in China forever. To become a world-class musician, I had to play on the world's big stages. So in 1997, my father and I moved again, this time to Philadelphia, so I could attend The Curtis Institute of Music. Finally our money worries were easing. The school paid for an apartment and even lent me a Steinway（斯坦威钢琴）.At night, I would sneak into the living room just to touch the keys.
Now that I was in America, I spent two years practicing, and by 1999 I had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. The Chicago Symphony orchestra heard me play and liked me, but orchestra schedules were set far in advance. I thought I might join them in a few years.
The next morning, I got a call. The great pianist Andre Watts, who was to play the "Gala Benefit Evening" at Chicago's Ravinia Festival, had become ill. I was asked to replace him. That performance was, for me, the moment. After violinist Isaac Stern introduced me, I played Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. My father's mouth hung open throughout the entire song.
I played until 3:30 a.m. I felt something happening. Sure enough, it was a great success. Still, my father kept telling me, "You'd better practice!" But living in America with me was beginning to relax him. In Beijing I'd been fat -- he made sure I ate -- and he'd been skinny. Now I was getting thin. He wasn't.
My father and I had often practiced a piece called "Horses," a fun version for piano and erhu. One night in Carnegie Hall, after I played Chopin and Liszt, I brought Dad out on the stage, and we played our duet（二重奏）. People went crazy -- they loved it. My father couldn't sleep for days. He was too happy to sleep.
There have been lots of concerts in Carnegie Hall, but for me playing there was especially sweet when I remember the cold days in Beijing. Together, my father and I worked to reach the lucky place where fortune spots you, and lets you shine.
【小题1】In the first paragraph his father cried when it was announced that he'd won mainly because__________.
| A．his father was excited that his son succeeded at last. |
| B．his father was under too much pressure. |
| C．they could pay back the loan with the prize. |
| D．his father was proud of him. |
a. He and his father moved to Philadelphia.
b. He was asked to replace the great pianist Andre Watts.
c. He and his father played “Horses” together.
d.The Chicago Symphony orchestra heard his performance.
e. The Curtis Institute of Music lent him a Steinway
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| A．The writer’s father had been very fat before they went to America. |
| B．The writer thought he would be one of them soon when he knew the Chicago Symphony orchestra heard him play and liked him. |
| C．The Curtis Institute of Music finally eased their money worries. |
| D．One can achieve his dream if he is lucky enough. |
| A．America | B．Beijing. | C．Carnegie Hall | D．All the places he went to. |
| A．I Took Off! | B．When Fortune Spots Me. |
| C．No Pain, No Gain. | D．My father and I |
Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school.
It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America. In the nineteenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireplace in the evening and read poems aloud. It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theatres, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people or to the world beyond one’s own community. Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry had a place in everyday life.
How did things change? Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and they can do well without poems?
There are, I believe, three culprits (肇事者): poets, teachers and we ourselves. Of these, the least important is the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed (背叛) us more than we have betrayed the poem. Early in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions hostile (不利的) to the reading of poetry. Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged.
Poets failed the readers, so did the teachers. They want their students to know something about the craft (技巧) of a poem, and they want their students to see that poems mean something. Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles.
【小题1】 Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the nineteenth century because _______.
| A．it built a link among people | B．it helped unite a community |
| C．it was a source of self-education | D．it was a source of pleasure |
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| B．the way poems are taught in school |
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| A．Poems have become difficult to understand. |
| B．Students are poorly educated in high school. |
| C．TV and the Internet are more attractive than poetry. |
| D．Students are becoming less interested in poetry. |