题目内容
Cons(欺骗) happen a lot in our society. It can be hard to know who is really in need and who is trying to exploit(探测) other people’s 1. (kind).
Recently, I was finishing my work at home 2. the dog barked, letting me know someone was at the gate. I rushed to see who 3. was and there I saw a poor, fragile woman in her late fifties. This woman told me a story, “My husband and I live in a slum nearby. We earn 4. living working at construction sites. A few days ago my husband fell down the stairs while 5. (carry) a heavy load. He was badly hurt and he 6. (lie) in bed with a high temperature for the past five days. Please help me! I need to take my husband to a doctor!’’
I felt really bad about her situation 7. was she telling me the truth or trying to cheat me for money? However, I went out with fifty dollars and handed it to her. 8. moment she got the money she burst 9. tears. She took my hand and said, “Thank you so much!”
From her tears I was able to figure that she was really in need of help. I 10. (move) and went back to my work smiling.
1.kindness
2.when
3.it
4.our
5.carrying
6.has lain
7.but
8.The
9.into
10.was moved
【解析】
试题分析:文章讲述了一个作者助人为乐的故事。有的时候,我们很难辨别他人是否需要帮助。但是,一个善意之举也许能够让他人感动一些温暖。
1.考查词性转换。名词所有格后加名词,kind友善的,名词是kindness,故填kindness。
2.考查时间状语从句。when引导时间状语从句时,从句的动作可以是延续的,也可以是短暂的,when在此意为“这时突然”,故填when。
3.考查指示代词。当不知道人的性别时,常用it来指代那个人,故填it。
4.考查形容词性物主代词。earn one’s living谋生,故填our。
5.考查介词用法。while作连词,后加句子;作介词时,后加动名词。故填carrying。
6.考查时态。根据for the past five days可知,应该霍思燕现在完成时,故填has lain。
7.考查并列连词。根据“was she telling me the truth or trying to cheat me for money”可知,前后表示转折含义,故填but。
8.考查时间状语从句。the moment一......就......,故填The。
9.考查固定短语。burst into tears突然大哭起来,故填into。
10.考查被动语态。“我”被感动了,I和move是动宾关系,应使用被动语态,故填was moved。
考点:考查名词;代词;介词;状语从句;固定短语;被动语态
A nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime , for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The merchant believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant, “Sir, why do you weep?” The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had deceived (欺骗) him, answered, “My lord(="master)," I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.”
【小题1】This story teaches us ______.
A.not to eat in inns | B.not to eat soup that is too hot |
C.to cry when we burn our mouth | D.not to believe everything you hear |
A.was a nobleman | B.felt ashamed | C.was in an inn | D.was angry |
A.had no brother who was hanged | B.had a very good brother |
C.knew the soup was too hot | D.had never eaten soup |
A.was very happy | B.believed the nobleman |
C.was angry with the nobleman | D.had kind heart |
BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have pros and cons.
Good news
Free museums: No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities(古董).
Pop music: Britain is the only country to rival (与……比敌)the US on this score.
Black cabs: London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night.
Choice of food: Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion: Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
Bad news
Poor service: “It’s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport: Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over-crowded London tube is inexplicably(不可解的) popular.
Lack of language: Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps.
Rain: Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning: So that even splendidly hot summer become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels: The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours: Alcohol is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in 24-hour cities.
【小题1】What do tourists complain most?
A.Poor service. |
B.Poor public transport. |
C.Rain. |
D.Overpriced hotels. |
A.Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US. |
B.Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US. |
C.Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US. |
D.Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US. |
A.At 9:00p.m. | B.At 10:00p.m. | C.At 11:00p.m. | D.At 12:00p.m. |
A.You have to pay to visit the museums. | B.It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there. |
C.You cannot find Chinese food there. | D.The public transport is poor there. |
I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happen to be that unfairly treated member of society --- a customer. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more I am convinced the things are being run solely to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a deceptive (欺骗的) new motto for so-called “service” organizations --- Staff Before Service.
How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there were not enough staff on duty to man all the service grilles or checkout counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to hire cashiers and counter staff. Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that uncovering all their cash registers at any one time would increase operating costs. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service grilles to be occupied “at times when demand is low”.
It is the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is cut short. As for us guests, we just have to put up with it. There is also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been thrown out of their jobs in the interests of “efficiency” and replaced by coin-eating machines which offer everything from lager to laxatives (从贮藏啤酒到通便剂). Not to mention the tea-making kit in your room: a kettle with a mixed collection of tea bags, plastic milk boxes and lump sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I do not, especially when I am paying for “service”.
Can it be stopped, this worsening of service, this growing attitude that the customer is always a bore? I angrily hope so because it is happening, sadly, in all walks of life.
Our only hope is to hammer home our anger whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails, bring back into practice that other, older slogan --- Take Our Deal Elsewhere.
【小题1】The writer feels that nowadays customers __________.
A.deserve the lowest status in society |
B.are unworthy of proper consideration |
C.have received high quality service |
D.have become victims of modern organizations |
A.customers’ demands have greatly changed |
B.the staff receive more consideration than customers |
C.customers’ needs have become more complex |
D.staff members are less considerate than their employers |
A.not having enough male staff on duty |
B.difficulties in hiring more efficient staff |
C.lack of cooperation between staff members |
D.not providing enough staff on purpose to reduce budget |
A.be patient when queuing before checkout counters |
B.put up with the rude manners of the staff |
C.try to control his temper when ill-treated |
D.go to other places where good service is available |