题目内容
At the age of12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“ That’s just for you,” he said.“ You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A. He told her to write down all that her“ enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.
B. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.
C. He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.
D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.
What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A .I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me. D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
B. No an Enemy, but the Best Friend
C. My Father
D. My Childhood
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
【小题1】D
【小题1】A
解析:
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Jamaican sprinter (短跑选手) Usain Bolt plans to send a message to rival Tyson Gay by breaking the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday.
Bolt, who won gold in the 100m,200m and 4*100m relay in reord times at the Beijing Olympics last year, is determined to use the Crystal Palace event to crush the morale (士气) of his main rival for gold at next month’s World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The 22-year-old is slowly returning to peak form after posting 19.59 sec for the 200m in Lausanne earlier this month and clocking a time of 9.79 sec over 100m in cold, rainy conditions in Paris on Friday.
Despite Bolt’s impressive times, Gay still believes he has the beating of the Jamaican. But Bolt insists there is no one in the sport who scares him and he will prove the point in south London this weekend.
Although Bolt believes he is only running at 85 percent at the moment while he recovers from injuries suffered in a recent car crash in Jamaica, he sees no reason why he can’t break his world record 100m time of 9.69 seconds.
However he won’t get the chance to take on Gay in the 100m in London as the American is only running in the 200m, which Bolt is not competing in, so he will have to settle for underlining his own ability.
“You never know what is possible. I will give my best either way. My friends are saying I’m bringing the rain wherever I go but we will see on Friday.”
While Bolt would love to make a big impact in London, he knows the main event is the World Championships.
“The London Grand Prix will show me where I’m at and what I need to do. After, we can analyse what I need to do ahead of the World Championships.”
1.According to the passage, Bolt competed and will compete in the following event. Which of them is arranged in time order?
a. Lausanne athletics gold league matches
b. Beijing Olympic Games
c. Paris athletics gold league matches
d. World Athletic championships
e. London grand Prix
A.b-c-a-e-d |
B.b-c-a-d-e |
C.b-a-c-e-d |
D.b-a-c-d-e |
2.What does the underlined phase “take on” mean in paragraph 6?
A.employ |
B.compete against |
C.accept |
D.develop |
3.Which of the following is true?
A.Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday. |
B.Bolt will not compete in the 200m in London because of Gay’s impressive times. |
C.Bolt won 3 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 22. |
D.Bolt suffered a car crash in London recently. |
4.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A.Bolt is expecting the London Grand Prix. |
B.Bolt thinks the world Championships is more important. |
C.Bolt made a big difference in the London Grand Prix. |
D.Bolt is not confident in his success in the London Grand Prix. |
At the age when many people ______ their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country estates or jetting off to their homes overseas.
A.were looking for |
B.have looked for |
C.are looking for |
D.looked for |