题目内容
Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 31 , she went to the wise man that is always 32 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 33 ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 34 you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or 35 with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never 36 sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 37 of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment, 38 at the door, and said in a 39 voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n) 40 that I want? It is very important to me.”
41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to 43 all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor, 44 people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She 45 to comfort them till they 46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 47 she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 48 after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 49 in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never 50 that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
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3.B
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7.D
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【解析】文章以一个故事告诉我们帮助别人能让我们真正的快乐起来，无论我们遇见多大的痛苦。
1.D 名词辨析。A快乐；B危险；C信念；D悲哀；根据上文可知儿子死了，她很难过。
2.C 动词辨析。根据上文可知这是一位智者，智者总是受到人们的尊重。
3.B 形容词辨析。这里是指由魔力的能把她的儿子找回来的方法。
4.A 动词辨析。A以…付报酬；BC提供；D奖励。这里是指她以她所有来回报那位智者。
5.C 动词辨析。Reason with sb与…理论，谈论。这里指智者没有和她多讨论。
6.B 动词辨析。智者让她2从一个从来都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的种子。
7.D 名词辨析。In search of寻找。根据上下文可知是去寻找这样的人家。
8.C 动词辨析。这里是指站在一家人的门前。本题容易错选A。
9.A 形容词辨析。这里是指她用兴奋的声音说好话。
10.A 上下文串联。很清楚她是在问这是不是她要找的地方。
11.D 副词辨析。根据下文可知她找不到那样的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。
12.C 动词辨析。这里是指甚至都没有人来安慰她。
13.B 动词辨析。A交换；B描述；C使…简化；D装饰。指那些人向她描述他们痛苦的事情。
14.A 形容词辨析。这里是指那些比她还要不幸的人。
15.D 动词辨析。这里是指她留在那些地方来帮助那些人直到他们平静下来。
16.C 词义辨析。A定居；B机器坏；C平静；D写下。解析同上。
17.A 语法分析。无论她到什么地方，都会发现一个接一个不幸的故事。
18.B 名词辨析。A借口；B故事；C谎言；D原因。解析同上。
19.D 固定词组。Be involved in参与….
20.B 动词辨析。这里是指她没有意识到到帮助别人已经驱赶了她心中的悲哀。
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Happiness(Romance) ★★★★
Happiness tells the s
tory of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other. But then they correspond by email and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.
I Scream (Thriller) ★★
In I Scream, Paul (Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.
Paul's Heroes (Comedy) ★★★
This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow)
have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there.
______________ (Drama) ★★★★
This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who pays a hard-working truck
driver. His wife becomes ill a
nd he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd (Phil Driver) who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.
【小题1】.Which of the four movies is the least popular with people?
| A．The 1st one. | B．The 2nd one. | C．The 3rd one. | D．The 4th one. |
| A．date | B．exchange | C．write | D．communicate |
| A．frightening | B．instructive | C．humorous | D．interesting |
| A．A Hard-working Truck Driver. | B．Medicine. |
| C．A Strange Illness. | D．Twelve Hours. |
The old couple who lived in a cottage on the edge of the village were envied for the happiness of their marriage． They never quarreled and were always affectionate to one another． Sadly, after thirty-four years of this happiness, the husband became ill and died．
The wife was overcome with grief． Her children tried to comfort her, but to no avail． Her neighbors tried to comfort her, but with similar lack of success． Weeks and months went by, and still the woman was grieving; tears fell down her cheeks from morning till night．
Then a holy man came to the village． People told him about the woman, and asked him to try to help her． The holy man went to the woman’s house． Dressed in his rough woolen robe, he sat down with the grieving widow and listened, carefully, to her story． When she had spilled out all her sorrow, he reached into one of the deep pockets in his robe, and drew out a tiny, little mustard（芥末） seed． “I think I may have a cure for your grief,” he said． “I want you to go round the people in this region, and look for a family that has no sorrows． When you find this family, give them this little mustard seed, and then come back to me．
The woman set off in search of such a family． She visited every home in the district, and talked to the people． She listened to their stories, just as the holy man had listened to hers． In time, she almost forgot about the mustard seed, because every single family she met was carrying some kind of sorrow．
One day, she happened to meet the holy man again, and he stopped to ask how she was feeling． She was surprised at first, at his question, and then she suddenly remembered the mustard seed, still safely in her purse． “I’m sorry, I haven’t found a family without sorrows yet,” she told him． “But you yourself are cured of your grief,” he smiled． “The mustard seed is a great healer!”
【小题1】What does the underlined word “grieving” mean?
| A．amused | B．sad | C．angry | D．astonished |
| A．to go to church for help． |
| B．to live with the family that has no sorrows with the mustard seed． |
| C．to help others so that she can feel the happiness from the bottom of her heart． |
| D．to find a family that is always happy and give them the mustard seed before returning to him． |
| A．She was a good listener． |
| B．She helped them to solve the problems they met． |
| C．She gave every family a mustard seed．． |
| D．She told them her unfortunate story． |
| A．The mustard seed | B．Her children |
| C．The families in the district | D．She herself |
Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. __71__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. __72__
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __73__ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. __74__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.
What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __75__
To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
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A．Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person. |
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B．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships. |
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C．Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic. |
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D．“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says. |
E. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.
F. Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.
G. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.