I searched the website. Unfortunately, the movie that I had seen many times was no longer . A．valuableB．reliable C．availableD．incredible 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

你的英国网友Colin询问关于姚明的情况，请你根据在国内网站上所收集到的有关信息给他回复一封电子邮件（e-mail），谈谈有关姚明的简况：

生日：1980.9.12 出生地：上海身高：2.26米

体重：134千克座右铭：相信自己位置：中锋

主要经历：1997 进上海篮球队

1998 入选国家队

2000 入选亚洲全明星队

2002 CBA总冠军主力成员

2002 成为NBA选秀（draft）状元并加盟休斯敦火箭队

现在：作为一名NBA的明星球星，他正在努力实现自己的梦想，向全世界表明中国运动员也热爱篮球运动。中国人为他骄傲。全世界的年轻人都会把他视为榜样。

注意: 1. 邮件开头已经为你写好，不计入总字数；

2. 短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；

3. 词数：150字

亚洲全明星队Asian All-Star basketball team

冠军champion 选秀draft 休斯敦火箭队Houston Rockets

Hi, Colin,

You asked me about Yao Ming. Here is something I got when I searched the websites at home.

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I entered high school having read hundreds of books.But I was not a good reader.Merely bookish,I lacked a point of view when I read.Rather,I read in order to get a point of view.I searched books for good expressions and sayings,pieces of information,ideas,themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated.When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated(复杂的) idea” until he had read at least two thousand books,I heard the words without recognizing either its irony(嘲讽) or its very complicated truth.I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read.Strict with myself,I included only once a title I might have read several times.(How,after all,could one read a book more than once?)And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length.(Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made.One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college.The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization.”“More than anything else in my life,”the professor told the reporter with finality,“these books have made me all that I am.”That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore(忽视).I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles.Most books,of course,I hardly understood.While reading Plato’s The Republic,for example,I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about.However,with the special patience and superstition(迷信) of a schoolboy,I looked at every word of the text.And by me time I reached the last word,pleased,I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic,and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

On heating the teacher’s suggestion of reading,the writer thought ______.

A.one must read as many books as possible

B.a student should not have a complicated idea

C.it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D.students ought to make a list of the books they had read

While at high school,the writer ______.

A.had plans for reading

B.learned to educate himself

C.only read books over 100 pages

D.read only one book several times

The underlined phrase “with finality” probably means ______.

A.firmly B.clearly

C.proudly D.pleasantly

The writer’s purpose in mentioning The Republic is to ______.

A.explain why it was included in the list

B.describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C.show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D.prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

The writer provides two book lists to ______.

A.show how he developed his point of view

B.tell his reading experience at high school

C.introduce the two persons’ reading methods

D.explain that he read many books at high school

Recently divorced(离婚), I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great   36 . My old umbrella was broken, and I could not   37  another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk   38  with a silver handle inlaid (镶嵌) with gold. I had   39  seen anything so lovely.
I   40  the handle and saw a   41 . I got off the streetcar and   42  opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a   43  book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in   44 , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present.   45 , she added, it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I   46  I was   47  a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her   48  filled with tears.
I refused the   49   she gave me. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.
The next six months were   50 . I was able to obtain   51  here and there. l reached the lowest point in my   52 . Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.
Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen   53  the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman, and his arms were   54  of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was   55  “California”, where she had moved.

It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance, 36 for the train to take me to my 37 in Boston. The word was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves, 38 their steaming cups of coffee.

Reaching into my pocket as the 39 was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $ 20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was 40 ! I searched through my bag and then I felt 41 . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I’d be 42 there.

“What’s the matter?” A short, elderly man stood before me.

“Oh, nothing…. Well, I 43 my money and now I can’t pay for the ticket. I’m going to 44 my match class, and the train is leaving.”

“Here, use this.”

The man held a $ 20 bill. I looked up, 45 . People just didn’t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their own 46 , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers.

“Thank you, but no, I can’t.”

“ 47 it – go!” The man pushed me 48 the train. I bought a round – trip ticket, and he refused the change I 49 to give him back. I did not know what to say – a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood 50 .

For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through 51 eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple 52 .

A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $ 20 53 I saw the man. And there he was.

“excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this.” I 54 the money into his hand.

Failing to refuse, he said, “Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday.” I smiled, content.

The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a 55 stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness.

1.A．watching B．looking C．reaching D．arranging

2.A．home B．class C．office D．factory

3.A．serving B．carrying C．minding D．making

4.A．chance B．crowd C．driver D．train

5.A．deep B．empty C．messy D．tight

6.A．hopeless B．useless C．relieved D．dissatisfied

7.A．blocked B．drawn C．stuck D．tied

8.A．wasted B．counted C．spent D．lost

9.A．miss B．skip C．fail D．stop

10.A．frightened B．disturbed C．surprised D．concerned

11.A．problems B．complaints C．positions D．challenges

12.A．Seize B．Get C．Catch D．Take

13.A．in B．beyond C．toward D．on

14.A．offered B．managed C．happened D．attempted

15.A．unconsciously B．silently C．seriously D．uncomfortably

16.A．curious B．changed C．bright D．widened

17.A．task B．act C．example D．performance

18.A．so that B．even if C．now that D．in case

19.A．dropped B．pushed C．pressed D．placed

20.A．giving B．encouraging C．promising D．respecting

I entered high school having read hundreds of books.But I was not a good reader.Merely bookish,I lacked a point of view when I read.Rather,I read in order to get a point of view.I searched books for good expressions and sayings,pieces of information,ideas,themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated.When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated(复杂的) idea” until he had read at least two thousand books,I heard the words without recognizing either its irony(嘲讽) or its very complicated truth.I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read.Strict with myself,I included only once a title I might have read several times.(How,after all,could one read a book more than once?)And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length.(Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made.One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college.The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization.”“More than anything else in my life,”the professor told the reporter with finality,“these books have made me all that I am.”That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore(忽视).I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles.Most books,of course,I hardly understood.While reading Plato’s The Republic,for example,I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about.However,with the special patience and superstition(迷信) of a schoolboy,I looked at every word of the text.And by me time I reached the last word,pleased,I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic,and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

1.On heating the teacher’s suggestion of reading,the writer thought ______.