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In 1986, when Monty Reed was a member of the Army Rangers (黑鹰突击 队), he had an accident. "It was a night jump, and we were jumping low," he recalls. "We were training. Somebody got too close to my parachute (降落伞)."The parachute below blocked Reed’s air and his parachute failed to open. Reed crashed a hundred feet to the ground, breaking his back in five places.
The next morning, Reed could not move. "Doctors said it was likely that I would never walk again." Reed stared out of his hospital window, wondering what the future would be like. It was the saddest moment of his life. "The experts are telling me my body doesn’t work! What am I supposed to do?" he thought.
To distract (转移注意力) himself, he picked up a book: Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers. The science-fiction describes a set of man-made muscles that would allow people to carry 2,000 pounds. He thought that if he could build something like that, it might be able to lift him out of his wheelchair. So he began his project and finally succeeded in building a set of robot legs. Several years later, he made an amazing recovery and was able to get up and walk away from his wheelchair. He even jumped out of an airplane again to celebrate.
Reed wanted to do something for others with the second chance that life had given him. He has now perfected the robot legs that can get the injured, the elderly and the paralyzed (瘫痪的) out of their wheelchairs. Now he has started his own company to make the legs. "I’ve seen them compete in marathons and go swimming and mountain climbing," he said. "So never give up!"
小题1:Monty had an accident in 1986 because_______.
A.his feet hit the ground too hard
B.his parachute was under another person’s
C.another person’s parachute stopped his from opening
D.he was training to jump at night
小题2:Monty started to read Starship Troopers to ______.
A.create a new kind of wheelchair for himself
B.discover how to make man-made muscles
C.learn how to jump out of an airplane
D.stop himself from thinking about his pain
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about Monty?
A.He didn’t lose heart in the face of difficulty.
B.He is fond of reading science fiction.
C.He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
D.He didn’t believe what the doctors said.
小题4:We can learn from the passage that Monty’s goal is to ______.
A.become a famous writer like Robert Heinlein
B.return to the Army Rangers and continue with his jumps
C.compete in games and marathons and go swimming
D.help more patients in wheelchairs to recover

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:D

试题分析:本文主要讲述了一位遭遇人生重大挫折的Monty Reed没有向命运低头,而是勇敢地面对一切。克服困难的过程。
小题1:C 细节题。根据第一段2,3行"We were training. Somebody got too close to my parachute (降落伞)."The parachute below blocked Reed’s air and his parachute failed to open.说明是另外一个队员靠得太近,导致他的降落伞打不开,故C正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据文章第三段第一行To distract (转移注意力) himself, he picked up a book: Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers.说明他看着本书是想转移注意力,故D项正确。
小题3:A 细节题。根据文章第三段He thought that if he could build something like that, it might be able to lift him out of his wheelchair. So he began his project and finally succeeded in building a set of robot legs. Several years later, he made an amazing recovery and was able to get up and walk away from his wheelchair. He even jumped out of an airplane again to celebrate.说明在面对这样的困难的时候,他没有失去勇气,而是勇敢地面对着一切。故A正确。
小题4:D 细节题。根据最后一段第2行He has now perfected the robot legs that can get the injured, the elderly and the paralyzed (瘫痪的) out of their wheelchairs.说明他的目的是为了帮助坐在轮椅上的人能尽快地恢复。故D项正确。
点评:本文主要讲述了一位遭遇人生重大挫折的Monty Reed没有向命运低头,而是勇敢地面对一切。克服困难的过程。本文考查细节题为主,细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息?或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法?即先读题,然后带着问题快速阅读短文,找出与问题有关的词语或句子,再对相关部分进行分析对比,找出答案。
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When I was 17, I read a quote (引述) that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an   1  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every   2  and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”  And whenever the    3  has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to   4  something.
Remembering that I’ll be   5  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever used to help me make the big   6  in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all   7  of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is   8  important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to   9 . You are already naked. There is no reason not to   10  your heart.
Your time is limited, so don’t   11  it living someone else’s life. Don’t be   12  by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the   13  to follow your beliefs and goals. They somehow already know what you really want to   14 . Everything else is   15 .
小题1:
A.expectationB.impressionC.imaginationD.examination
小题2:
A.minuteB.nightC.dayD.week
小题3:
A.answerB.solutionC.resultD.chance
小题4:
A.acceptB.hideC.changeD.avoid
小题5:
A.famousB.deadC.oldD.forgotten
小题6:
A.decisionsB.contributionsC.differencesD.mistakes
小题7:
A.understandingB.certainty C.fearD.knowledge
小题8:
A.mostlyB.hardlyC.nearlyD.truly
小题9:
A.takeB.loseC.giveD.win
小题10:
A.breakB.catchC.warmD.follow
小题11:
A.wasteB.imagineC.spendD.risk
小题12:
A.confusedB.trappedC.discouragedD.hurt
小题13:
A.wisdomB.ideaC.desireD.courage
小题14:
A.seeB.showC.becomeD.forget
小题15:
A.necessaryB.naturalC.secondaryD.possible
I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman. Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty used to be.” He had made an inspirational (有灵感的) point. Am I over the hill ? People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
“You are not getting older, you are getting better.” Says Dr. Joyce Brothers. This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net, I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you, I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older, of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词). In fact, a poet name Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:
Grow old along with me !
The best is yet to me.
Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said , “old is always fifteen years from now.”
小题1:The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that ______.
A.time alone will tellB.time goes by quickly
C.time will show what is right D.time makes one forget the past.
小题2:When the author turned fifty, people around him ________ .
A.tried to comfort himB.got inspiration with him
C.were friendlier with himD.found him more talkative
小题3:The author considers his fifty years of life _________.
A.peacefulB.ordinaryC.satisfactoryD.regretful
小题4:We can infer from the passage that ________ .
A.the old should lead a simple life
B.the old should face the fact of aging
C.the old should take more exercise
D.the old should fill themselves with curiosity
小题5:Which of the following statements is WRONG?_______.
A.It’s hard for the author to jump over the six-feet high-jump bar now.
B.The author is optimistic about his future.
C.the author used to think 50 was far away from him.
D.Most elephants live less than 50 years.
Jealousy is a very common problem in daily life. It’s everywhere. For example, if someone does better than you, you will get annoyed because you want to be No. 1. We may become jealous of a best friend’s top marks in an exam, or of the girl in art class who is praised by the teacher all the time. We get annoyed because these good things are happening to someone else but not to us.
It’s bad to feel jealous. We should be pleased with the things we have. But we still wish we had the money of this person and the talent of that person. Instead of sharing their happiness, we just feel jealous and unhappy with ourselves. And, too often, these feelings are expressed by speaking ill of the people we envy.
However, envy is also a kind of compliment to others. We see that other people have styles and talents different from our own. By comparing ourselves with others, we can know what we lack. And we can turn this comparison, the envy of others, into a kind of power.
Therefore, being a bit jealous of others lets us know what we are like and what we want to be like. It can push us to become what we really want to be.
根据短文内容,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
小题1:According to the first paragraph, why do you get annoyed?
A.Because the teacher dislikes others.
B.Because others do something better than you.
C.Because you are an annoying person.
D.Because you want to be No.1 in the exam and you do.
小题2:The Chinese meaning of the underlined part “speaking ill of” probably is “_____".
A.赞美B.说…的坏话C.憎恨D.说…病了
小题3:What should be the right attitude towards jealousy?
A.It’s a good thing.
B.It’s just a bad thing.
C.It’s a kind of compliment to others.
D.It makes us know what we are like and what we want to be like.
After Mom died, l began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading," Drink your juice." Such a gesture, l knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, l remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn't Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn’t love you?" "Well, he never tells me, "I complained." He never tells me either," she said, smiling. " But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us. "
I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. l still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad handled scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father's body. If he didn’t feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don' t you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don’t you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me. l walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
小题1:What would be the best title for the passage?
A.My father never loved meB.I just couldn't understand my father
C.My hard-working fatherD.Silent fatherly love
小题2:The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because____.
A.that was the author's favorite
B.that was a gesture of love
C.the author was always complaining
D.he was sure the author would be thirsty
小题3:The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________.              .
A.he wanted to save money
B.his job required high skills
C.his job was too dangerous
D.he was not good at communicating with others
小题4:We may infer from the passage that _______.
A.the author's father lacked a sense of humor
B.the author's-father didn't love him very much
C.the author quite understood his father as time went on
D.the author's father was too strict with him
Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She felt   1  as no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.
But everything  2 on National Friendship Day. On that day in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. Fiona   3  the task of choosing three from all the dozens of her friends. However, she was the only one in her class who did not  4 a present! She felt terrible, and spent hours  5 . Everyone came and comforted her for a while.But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.This was   6  what Fiona had done so many times to others.
She   7  that she was a good companion and acquaintance (泛泛之交), but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried to be close to everyone, but now she found that was not enough to create   8  friendships.
When she got home that night, Fiona told her mother about the whole thing. Her mother said,  "You can't be a close friend to everybody.It's only   9  to have a few true friends.The others will just be playmates or acquaintances.”
Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her way so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in   10  , she thought about what she could do to get them. She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to  11 her, she put up with all of Fiona's dislikes and   12  , she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal ... That was what makes a   13  
And Fiona  14 , realizing that she already had the best friend that anyone could   15  .She fell asleep and had a good dream.
小题1:
A.tiredB.luckyC.strangeD.surprised
小题2:
A.matteredB.developed C.changedD.appeared
小题3:
A.enjoyedB.improvedC.failedD.ruined
小题4:
A.receiveB.showC.completeD.make
小题5:
A.remakingB.thinkingC.cryingD.checking
小题6:
A.especiallyB.graduallyC.brieflyD.exactly
小题7:
A.forgotB.realizedC.doubtedD.complained
小题8:
A.newB.trueC.longD.smart
小题9:
A.possibleB.fairC.importantD.natural
小题10:
A.chairB.bedC.schoolD.table
小题11:
A.correctB.followC.helpD.find
小题12:
A.dreamsB.ideasC.storiesD.problems
小题13:
A.playmate B.parentC.friendD.mother
小题14:
A.smiledB.sufferedC.screamedD.hesitated(犹豫)
小题15:
A.compareB.protectC.rememberD.want
A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard.
One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle(口哨), the farmer called, “Here, Dolly!” Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy stood against the fence(栅栏). His eyes danced with happiness.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up.
“I want that one,” the little boy said.
The farmer knelt(跪下)down at the boy's side and said, “Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”
With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace(固定器)running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir, I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”
小题1:How did the farmer advertise his puppies?
A.Advertise them in the newspaper.B.Put up a sign in his yard.
C.Show them to his neighbors.D.Send pictures to a magazine.
小题2:The underlined words “four little balls of fur” refer to “_________”.
A.four toy ballsB.four balls made of fur
C.four lovely dogsD.four puppies with no fur
小题3:Why did the boy choose the last dog?
A.Because they have something in common.
B.Because he didn't have enough money.
C.Because it was the most lovely one.
D.Because the farmer wouldn't sell other dogs.
小题4:According to the story, we know that the boy _________.
A.didn't like dogs at allB.needed a dog to help him
C.could run as fast as othersD.had an artificial leg
小题5:Which of the following words best describes the boy?
A.cleverB.lovelyC.warm–heartedD.strange
One morning in Philadelphia, the sun shone bright through all the thick jungles and the tall churches. John, 6, wearing the worn-out clothes, walked from a far place, his dark small hands holding a piece of stolen bread.
John stopped for a moment at the entrance to the church and then left tightly holding the bread,      
He was an orphan(孤儿), whose parents were killed in World War II leaving him alone in the orphanage for five years, Like many children in the house, he had a lot of free time. Mostly no one took care of them, so they had to learn how to steal those they wanted.             
John believed God to be real, so every Sunday morning in any case he would go to the church to have a look and listen to those people singing inside or reading the Bible. He felt only at this moment he was the child of God and so close to God. But he couldn’t enter because his clothes were so dirty. John himself knew it.
John was quietly calculating the times. This was his 45th Sunday at the entrance to the church. He stood on tiptoe(踮着脚尖) for a while and walked away.
As time passed, the pastor(牧师) noticed John and learned from others that he was the small boy who liked stealing things in the orphanages.
On the 46th Sunday, the sun was shining and John came still holding a piece of bread with his dark small hands. When he just stood there, the pastor came out. He felt like running away, but he was carried by the pastor's friendly smile.
The pastor walked up to his side, clearly seeing John's small hands shaking.
"Are you John?"
John didn't answer, but looked at the pastor and nodded.
"Do you believe in God?" the pastor patted John on his head with dust.
"Yes, I do!" This time John told him loudly.
"So you believe in yourself?"
John looked at the pastor, without a word.
The pastor went on saying, "At the first sight of you, I find you're different from other kids because you have a good heart."
His face turning red, John said nervously, "In fact, I'm a thief." With that, he lowered his head.
The pastor didn't speak, but held John's dark small hands, slowly opened them and put them against his wrinkled face.
"Ah" Just at the same time, John shouted and was about to take out his dark small hands. Yet the pastor tightly held his small hands and spread them out in the sun.
"Do you see, John?"
"What?"
"You're cupping the sunshine in your hands."
John blankly looked at his hands: when did they become so beautiful?
"In God's eyes, all children are the same. When they are willing to spread out their hands to greet the sun, the sun will naturally shine on them. And you have two things more than they do. First is courage and the second is kindness." With that, the pastor led him into the church. It was the first time that John went into this sacred place, and at this moment he didn't feel inferior, but the unspeakable warmth.
On that morning greeting the sunshine, John found himself again, along with the confidence, satisfaction, happiness, dreams he had never had.
Twenty years have passed. Now the boy who ever tightly held the bread with his dirt hands has been the most famous cook in Philadelphia and made many popular dishes.
Every Sunday morning, he would personally send the bread he baked to the orphanage. Those children who greeted him with cheers were used to consciously spreading their palms before they got the bread.
Because they all knew when we are willing to spread out our hands to greet the sunshine, the sun will naturally shine on us.
小题1:The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph is ______________
A.presenting contrasts (对比)B.showing causes (原因)
C.offering analysesD.providing explanations
小题2:Why didn't John go inside whenever he went to the church?
A.He was frightened to be recognized by the pastor
B.He was not welcomed by those singing in the church.
C.He was sorry for his dirty clothes and identity as a thief.
D.He was left alone in the orphanage and nobody cared for him.
小题3:Which of the following questions did John reply certainly?
A.“Are you John?"B."Do you see, John?"
C."So you believe in yourself?"D."Do you believe in God?"
小题4:Which of the following can best describe the pastor's great effect on John?
A.John became a famous cook.
B.John admitted his bad behavior. (行为)
C.John believed God to be real
D.John spread warmth to other orphans.
小题5:According to the passage, the sunshine cupped in hands can bring _______________
A.cheers and confidence B.dreams and imagination
C.courage and kindnessD.forgiveness and satisfaction
While I was looking out of the window, I saw an old homeless man crossing the street, carrying a suitcase.
Many times I looked on far away, feeling  36  for the homeless, but did nothing. I did  37 some money to homeless people when I walked by, but never really interacted (互动) with them.
Though we  38  doing something, yet we push it into the deep corners of our heart because we’re too busy, too  39  , or too afraid of strangers.
Today I did what I  40  thought I could. I walked out and ran after the old man. When I  41 him, I asked him if I could buy him  42 . He looked surprised, but accepted it  43 , warning me that he had a good appetite!
I was  44  and excited at the same time. We went to a 45  nearby. I told the waiter to give him whatever he wanted and I would  46  it.
I sat down for a moment asking the old man where he 47 . He told me he was sleeping behind the court house  48  it was warm there. I promised to give him a few jackets to keep him warm. To my surprise, he 49  some inexpensive jewelry on the table and chose a glass necklace for me,  50 someone else had given it to him.
I told him I bought him lunch not to get something  51 . But he insisted on my having it.
When it was time to go back to work, I  52 for not being able to stay with him and promised to sit down with him for lunch next time and  53  more.
小题1:
A.worried B.sorryC.gratefulD.proud
小题2:
A.throwB.payC.giveD.lend
小题3:
A.think ofB.complain ofC.hear ofD.remind of
小题4:
A.lazyB.proudC.poorD.shy
小题5:
A.onceB.neverC.alwaysD.even
小题6:
A.reachedB.caughtC.arrivedD.got
小题7:
A.milkB.clothesC.lunchD.newspaper
小题8:
A.easilyB.angrilyC.anxiouslyD.happily
小题9:
A.terrifiedB.nervousC.frightenedD.amused
小题10:
A.restaurantB.cinemaC.storeD.station
小题11:
A.prepare forB.wait forC.pay forD.call for
小题12:
A.wentB.belongedC.workedD.lived
小题13:
A.unlessB.becauseC.untilD.but
小题14:
A.putB.coveredC.tookD.bought
小题15:
A.cryingB.shoutingC.sayingD.whispering
小题16:
A.in needB.in returnC.in exchangeD.in sight
小题17:
A.admittedB.allowedC.advisedD.apologized
小题18:
A.chatB.playC.drink D.eat
小题19:
A.everythingB.nothingC.anythingD.something
小题20:
A.honestB.coolC.patientD.kind

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