题目内容
All my life I had loved airports．To me，they were fl kind of magic gateway to the world，but today it seemed like a cold and heartless place．
“Well，here we are，the airport，"my sister said with fl sigh．As 1 watched her unload my luggage，I could see the sadness in her eyes．One last hug and a final good-bye and I would be on my way to a new lire abroad，leaving my beloved sister behind．
I looked at my sister and even though her eyes were filled with tears，she was trying to keep a brave face．“You’d better go or you’ll miss your flight，”she said．
“I am just going to walk away and not look back，” I said． As I held her one last time she whispered，“Don’t worry about me，I’ll be fine．"“I’ll miss you，” I replied with tears in my eyes．As I promised，I did not look back。but 1 was sobbing．To me it was the end of the world．
While boarding the plane 1 was still crying．I did not have the energy to put my bag in the overhead locker, so I put it on the empty seat next to mine．As I settled into my chair， a feeling of sadness overwhelmed（淹没） me．I felt like my best friend had just been taken away from me．
The plane shook heavily and the bag fell，with some stuff spreading on the floor．When I bent over to gather the things up，I saw an unfamiliar little book in the middle of my belongings．It was not until I picked it up that I realized that it was a diary．
Immediately I recognized my sister’s handwriting． “Hi，Sis，What a day it has been today．First you let me know that you are moving abroad and then my boss…”My sister had been keeping a diary for the past month and she was now passing it on to me．I was to write in it for the next couple of months and then send it back to her．Even though a large ocean separated us，at some point it felt like she was actually there．
43．The writer started to cry .
A．when she watched her sister unload her luggage
B．when she held her sister one last time
C．when she settled herself into her chair
D．when she was boarding the plane
44．what had the writer thought about airports before she separated from her sister?
A．Airports brought freedom．
B．Airports were on the top of her love．
C．Airports led to the wonderful world．
D．Airports were fl cold and heartless place．
45．From the writer’s and her sister’s tears，we can see .
A．they loved each other very much
B．they felt sad about the new life
C．they were afraid of the separation
D．it was the end of the world to them
46．What do we know about the diary from the passage?
A．The writer’s sister gave it as a gift．
B．The writer had put it in her own bag．
C．The writer’s sister received it as a present．
D．The two sisters would write in it and share it．
BCA
D
阅读快车系列答案“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 36 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 37 . Each of you will have to 38 someone in your field, and give an oral (口头的) report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I 39 print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 40 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some 41 ?” I shook my head again.
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Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 45 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't 46 me. They just reminded me how 47 the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my 48 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 49 .
For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, 50 stories from murders to airplane 51 and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories 52 me and I realized that had it not been 53 Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get 54 all the time : “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher…” I always start out. I just wish I could 55 her.
1.A．cautious B．mad C．optimistic D．enthusiastic
2.A．universities B．families C．professions D．lives
3.A．interview B．describe C．admire D．face
4.A．considered B．rejected C．expected D．picked
5.A．hardly B．nearly C．naturally D．eagerly
6.A．preparationsB．newspapers C．drink D．paper
7.A．reliable B．grateful C．tense D．amazed
8.A．student B．journalist C．candidate D．writer
9.A．look B．turn C．break D．run
10.A．called B．remembered C．recognized D．evaluated
11.A．answer B．urge C．stop D．persuade
12.A．funny B．competitiveC．ordinary D．mysterious
13.A．blood B．body C．life D．opinion
14.A．coming in B．coming out C．going up D．going on
15.A．creating B．recalling C．covering D．writing
16.A．flights B．crashes C．budgets D．schedules
17.A．hit B．caught C．impressed D．seized
18.A．for B．with C．of D．to
19.A．hurt B．realized C．adjusted D．asked
20.A．respect B．support C．thank D．envy
She was dancing. My lame grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, absolutely shocked. She was the pet of the dancing world. And then she’d had her accident and it was all over. I had read that in an old newspaper article.
‘‘So… Your leg? I mean, how did your leg heal (恢复健全)?”
“To tell you the truth — my legs have been well all my life,” she sighed.
“But I don’t understand!” I said, “Your dancing career (事业)… You pretended all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good reason.”
She thought for a while and then continued. “We were talking about engagement (订婚) when your grandfather had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my energy and time into practicing and I became very good. Critics praised me, the public loved me, but all I could feel was the ache in my heart, not knowing whether the love of my life would ever return. Then one day a letter came. There were only three sentences: ‘I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.’’’
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought myself a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. My dancing days were over. No one doubted the story — I had learned to limp (一瘸一拐地走) convincingly before I returned home. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a reporter I knew well. Then I traveled to the hospital. They had pushed your grandfather outside in his wheelchair. I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
“I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. ‘There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to carry you. You are going to walk yourself.’”
“I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I’d taken out of my pocket. ‘Now show me you are still a man.’ I said. He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled out of that wheelchair. He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair again in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day after he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
1.What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?
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A．Her accident. |
B．Her pet. |
C．Her leg. |
D．Her dancing career. |
2.Which is the correct order of the following events according to the passage?
a. Grandfather lost his leg in the war.
b. Grandmother bought two engagement rings.
c. Grandfather was inspired to stand up on his own.
d. Grandmother pretended she was lame.
e. Grandmother became an excellent dancer.
f. Grandfather had to go to war.
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A．e-f-b-a-d-c |
B．f-e-a-c-b-d |
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C．f-b-e-a-d-c |
D．e-b-f-a-c-d |
3.Which of the following words can best describe grandmother?
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A．Thoughtful and determined. |
B．Unselfish but stubborn. |
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C．Courageous but unreliable. |
D．Sensitive and dishonest. |
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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A．The love of a disabled couple. |
B．The grandmother’s unconditional love. |
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C．The meaning of an engagement. |
D．The grandfather’s brave story. |