题目内容
Chances
I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career(职业).
I wasn't an excellent student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn't have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn't the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn't too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she'd give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn't often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early morning with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification(资格证书)if I wanted to work with children. I didn't think I would be accepted because I didn't take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a parttime course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I've got a fulltime job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren't top of the class at school.
【小题1】What is the author's present job?
A.Working parttime in a college. |
B.Helping children with their schoolwork. |
C.Looking after children at a kindergarten. |
D.Taking care of children for a family. |
A.was paid for extra work |
B.got much help from her boss |
C.took a day off every other week |
D.often worked long hours |
A.She decided to attend a parttime course. |
B.She found a fulltime job. |
C.She was fed up with children. |
D.She needed a rest after working extra hours. |
A.Qualifications are necessary for a career. |
B.Hard work makes an excellent student. |
C.One must choose the job she likes. |
D.Less successful students can still have a career. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:本文讲述了学习成绩不是很好的作者通过自己的努力也得到了自己满意的事业的过程。
【小题1】C 细节题。根据文章倒数3,4,5行I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.Now I've got a fulltime job there说明作者现在在幼儿园里工作,故C正确。
【小题2】D 细节题。根据文章到三段最后2行I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early morning with the children.说明她的工作时间很长,故D正确。
【小题3】A 细节题。根据文章第四段My experience counted for a lot and I got on a parttime course. I had to leave my job with the family说明作者不得不去参加这样的课程学习,所以要离开。故A正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。根据文章最后2行I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren't top of the class at school.可知学习成绩不是很好的人也可以在获得很好的职业机会,故D正确。
考点:课程人生百态类短文阅读
点评:本文讲述了学习成绩不是很好的作者通过自己的努力也得到了自己满意的事业的过程。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找,对于文章中的细节题,要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查题支和原文的异同,常犯错误有:绝对化语言,范围扩大或缩小,以偏概全,张冠李戴等。带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。
Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you! Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m., And end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as gift. Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks. Do you want to be extra polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember---- it's not polite to ask how much things cost. In many families, the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests.
You'll probably start meal with soup or something small, and then you have meat of fish with vegetables, and then desert, followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and have more if you want it. Did you enjoy the evening? Call your host and hostess the next day, or write them a short "thank you" letter. British and American people like to say "thank you, thank you, thank you" all the time!
【小题1】You're not invited to the evening by a friend, which .
A.means you are not welcome f or some bad manners |
B.means he or she doesn't like you for some unknown reasons |
C.means you should pay more visits to them and bring more gifts |
D.doesn't mean he or she doesn't like you |
A.say you like the host's house very much |
B.ask the host the price of the things in the house |
C.have drinks and some snacks before the evening |
D.sit beside the host or hostess when having dinner |
A.you are healthy | B.you rea lly like the food |
C.you like cooking | D.you have a good appetite.(胃口) |
完形填空。 | |||
When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving,___1__it was for the best, I could do better, it was his __2__and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot __3__such pain. He left and I tried to __4__my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and __5__the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I __6__not to hear it. That's what Mike's leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n) __7__end. I would rather just __8__in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting __9__. And yet it was a young woman who __10__back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of __11__and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.__12__, there are more important things. More important than __13__, I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience. He didn't __14__my dreams as I feared that night. __15__, I am flying far across fields and woods, __16__on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some __17__that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a __18__, but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken __19__again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is __20__a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me. | |||
( )1.A. complaining ( )2.A. business ( )3.A. pass ( )4.A. get close to ( )5.A. watched ( )6.A. announced ( )7.A. optimistic ( )8.A. wander ( )9.A. mad ( )10.A. flashed ( )11.A. promise ( )12.A. Therefore ( )13.A. friendship ( )14.A. visit ( )15.A. Deliberately ( )16.A. taking off ( )17.A. sorrow ( )18.A. friend ( )19.A. heart ( )20.A. mostly |
B. suggesting B. fault B. defend B. get on with B. made B. decided B. sceptical B. move B. old B. swung B. delight B. Besides B. life B. have B. Meanwhile B. looking down B. worry B. bird B. vase B. hardly |
C. explaining C. luck C. feel C. get away with C. let C. pretended C. splendid C. keep C. nervous C. stared C. dilemmas C. Finally C. love C. reject C. Thus C. breaking away C. relief C. dream C. mirror C. usually |
D. whispering D. rea son D. ease D. get down to D. wanted D. concluded D. unpleasant D. take D. uncertain D. pointed D. conflicts D. Constantly D. health D. spin D. Instead D. getting over D. doubt D. job D. cup D. only |