题目内容

Some people collect postage stamps -- the small pieces of paper you place on letters or postcards before mailing them. Other people collect works of art or musical instruments. But a man in the American state of Maryland collects secrets.

For the past 10 years, people from throughout the world have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. Mr. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Ten years ago, he created an art project he calls "PostSecret."

"I invited strangers from all around the world to write down their deepest confession(自白) on a postcard, something they'd never told anyone else before, but something that was true. And I asked them to mail it to my home anonymously(匿名地)."People send him postcards, other objects and emails telling their secrets. Every Sunday, he chooses 10 secrets and puts them on the PostSecret website.

Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people would have a safe place in which to share their secrets." I was struggling with secrets in my own life. And it was by creating this safe place where others could share their secrets with me without judgment -- anonymously -- I think that space was something I needed just as much as they did."

He has published six books full of the secrets people have shared with him. One secret in each book is his. The project itself was once one of Mr. Warren's secrets. His wife Jan did not know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published.

Some people tell Frank Warren of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret community have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides(自杀).

1.How many secrets can Frank Warren get per year on average in the past 10 year?

A. About 100 thousand secrets.

B. About a million secrets.

C. About a billion secrets.

D. About 10 thousand secrets.

2.What can we do on the PostSecret website?

A. We can get some help when we are in trouble.

B. We can learn about some secrets of other people.

C. We can express our views freely.

D. We can put all our secrets on the website.

3.Why did Mr. Warren create PostSecret?

A. To keep his own secrets.

B. To find out more secrets of other people.

C. To offer a good place to share secrets.

D. To help other people get out of their trouble.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Mr. Warren probably once saved some people’s life.

B. Mr. Warren’s wife helped him to create PostSecret.

C. Mr. Warren makes many friends because of PostSecret.

D. Mr. Warren is an open, easy-going and generous man.

练习册系列答案
相关题目

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind _________ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only _________ seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “_________ am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I _________ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She _________ in a car accident and now was on her way for _________ .

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to _________ that Kathy would not be able to _________ herself. I considered _________ to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too _________ to offer a service to a _________. But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more _________ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and __________ she was uncomfortable to accept, she_________ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart _________, and the _________ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached _________ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love _________ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us _________ . When we stretch to serve ___________ , we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

1.A. losing B. changing C. taking D. giving

2.A. comfortable B. available C. suitable D. favorable

3.A. No way B. No problem C. Nowhere D. No doubt

4.A. decided B. wanted C. regretted D. promised

5.A. was B. would be C. had been D. used to be

6.A. business B. travel C. pleasure D. treatment

7.A. know B. say C. recognize D. realize

8.A. eat B. choose C. feed D. support

9.A. stopping B. needing C. offering D. trying

10.A. far B.impolite C. close D. fast

11.A. stranger B. neighbor C. passenger D. girl

12.A. unusual B. direct C. important D. shameful

13.A. although B. when C. since D. as

14.A. refused B. wondered C. did D. cried

15.A. had cheered B. had jumped C. had broken D. had warmed

16.A. life B. time C. money D. energy

17.A. below B. through C. across D. beyond

18.A. seldom B. sometimes C. hardly D. never

19.A. unhappy B. independent C. silent D. separate

20.A. another B. ones C. other D. the other

完形填空

Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father____________me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is___________ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___________ than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ___________ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are ___________ .This is not the worst boy at all, __________ the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n) ___________ between us. No one had ever called me smart, my family and neighbors had built me up in my _________ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She __________ my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more ___________ and my brother and I could be better__________ .

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand____________ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her ernthusiasm,I____________ it had already improved our lives. I accepted her __________ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of___________ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ____________ beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ____________ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power ___________ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ____________ strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___________ .

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

1.A. rushed B. sent C. carried D. introduced

2.A. distinguished B. favored C. mistaken D. rewarded

3.A. sooner B. later C. longer D. earlier

4.A. dragged B. shook C. raised D. bent

5.A. perfect B. right C. wrong D. impolite

6.A. but B. so C. and D. or

7.A. agreement B. friendship C. gap D. relationship

8.A. opinion B. image C. expectation D. mind

9.A. begged B. persuaded C. ordered D. invited

10.A. successful B. meaningful C. helpful D. useful

11.A. treated B. entertained C. educated D. respected

12.A. camera B. radio C. bicycle D. typewriter

13.A. considered B. suspected C. ignored D. appreciated

14.A. belief B. request C. criticism D. description

15.A. teaching B. writing C. studying D. reading

16.A. next B. same C. only D. real

17.A. cleverest B. wealthiest C. strongest D. healthiest

18.A. enthusiasm B. sympathy C. fortune D. confidence

19.A. deliberately B. happily C. traditionally D. constantly

20.A. win B. match C. reach D. doubt

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.

Suddenly a crow(乌鸦)perched on the tree near their window.

The father asked his son, ''What is this? ''

The son replied, ''It is a crow. ''

After a few minutes, the father asked his son the 2nd time, ''What is this? ''

The son said, ''Father, I have just now told you 'It's a crow'. ''

After a little while, the old father again asked his son the 3rd time, ''What is this? ''

''It's a crow, a crow, a crow.'' said the son loudly.

A little after, the father again asked his son the 4th time, ''What is this? ''

This time the son shouted at his father, ''Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this? ''

A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:

''Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel annoyed; I rather felt affection for my innocent child. ''

1. In what tone did the son say to his Father ''It's a crow, a crow, a crow. ''?

A. concerned B. anxious

C. impatient D. astonished

2.Why did the Father ask his son the same question again and again?

A. Because he couldn't understand what his son said.

B. Because he wanted to see how patient his son would be.

C. Because he wanted to make his son angry.

D. Because he was too old to remember anything.

3.How old was the old man when his son asked him 23 times ''What is this''?

A. 80 years old. B. 45 years old.

C. 35years old. D. 38 years old.

4.Where is the article most probably taken from?

A. Travel journal B. a collection of poetry

C. Newspaper D. a short story collection

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网