题目内容
It was a late Wednesday night when the dreading phone call reached our home. I sat up, so I could hear the phone call better. To my surprise, I heard my mom burst into tears. “Get the car Dean! Andrea has been in a car accident.”
We ran every stop sign on the way to the hospital and our tires screeched around every corner. We got to the hospital, but were not allowed to see Andrea. The next morning, after wearing masks, we were allowed to go to the ICU to see Andrea. Well, the least I could say was that everything was injured in her body and she lost all of her memories. It was a fatal accident.
Over the next two months, I lived more at the hospital than I did at my house. I watched as Andrea worked so hard to gain back everyday motor skills. She never once complained or pitied herself, her determined spirit was shining through. After two weeks in the ICU and two months of the regular hospital treatment, Andrea was able to come home. She missed several months of school, so it was hard for her to catch up. Andrea had tasks to accomplish, and no matter how hard it was, she stuck with them until the job was done. Though busy with dealing with pain and therapy, she always found time to love and play with me.
I’ll never forget the impact that this incident made on my life. I admire her strong-willed personality and her determined spirit. Today she is perfectly normal, despite the scars and the pins holding her leg in place. I couldn’t ask for a better sister, hero, or best friend.
26.The writer sat up because he _______
A.could hear the phone call better
B.might be very concerned about who phoned so late.
C.wanted to scold the people who phoned so late.
D.was not sure whether the telephone concerned him.
27.From the underlined sentence in the second paragraph, we can infer that _______
A.the family did not obey the traffic rules. B.the writer’s father was not good at driving.
C.the whole family were too anxious to see Andrea. D.their house was very far from the hospital.
28.__________ mainly made the writer’s sister recover from the car accident.
A.The family’s encouragement B.Andrea’s strong will
C.The treatment D.The eagerness for study
29.During the treatment, Andrea _______
A.had to give up all her studies B.stopped playing with the writer.
C.refused to be accompanied. D.showed unbelievable strength.
30.What would be the best title for the passage?__________
A.A Miracle Happening to my sister B.My Sister---- the Hero in My Life
C.An Accident Which Changed My Sister D.An Incident Which Influenced Me Much.
ACBDB
Sarah came running in saying, "Look what l found. " Over the top of the paper I was reading I saw a long object that made me jump. It was a piece of snakeskin that had been shed (脱皮) by one of our garden snakes.
'Isn't it beautiful?" said my wide-eyed 7~year-old daughter. I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really was not that beautiful, but I did not want to disappoint Sarah. Everything children see for the first time is elementary to their sense of beauty and creativity. They see only merit (忧点) and excellence in the world.
"Why does it do this?" Sarah asked. I like to teach my children that there is something else going on besides what they see in front of them. "Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I explained.
"Why do they need to renew themselves?" Sarah asked. "We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with," I said to my now absorbed daughter. "We outgrow some things and find other stuff unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too old, and the snake probably doesn't think it looks as smart in the skin as it once did. Like buying a new suit. "
Of course, I'm sure this explanation won't suit naturalists. But Sarah got the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, and rooms and schoolwork and creativity, and she began to see what we need to keep and what need to cast off. I was careful to point out that this is a natural process, not one to be forced.
"Snakes don't peel off their skin when they feel like it," I explained. "lt happens as part of their growth. "
"I see, Dad. " said Sarah. She then jumped off my lap, grabbed the snakeskin, and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. Often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture we are cloaked (掩饰) in year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless, unnecessary, or flawed (有缺陷的); or at best, remember the things we discard(丢掉)to teach us how we can improve.
【小题1】When Sarah asked the author whether the snakeskin was beautiful,___________
A.he was shocked and jumped |
B.he tried to understand her point of view |
C.he thought that telling the truth was a merit |
D.he decided to teach her something about the garden |
A.Confused. | B.Boreci | C.Satisfied. | D.Excited. |
A.By reflecting on ourselves, we can better ourselves. |
B.It is necessary to force others to remove some things. |
C.The community and culture force us to change. |
D.It is natural to keep some old clothes. |
A.does not like nature much |
B.takes the chilcl's feelings lightly |
C.is both a logical and thoughtful person |
D.loves to see his daughter excited about animals |
A.The things we should cast off | B.A shed snakeskin in Sarah's eyes |
C.A natural part of our growth | D.Renewal for snakes and us |