题目内容
Thomas Jefferson once said, “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find _________ I work, ________ I have of it.”
A. the harder, the less B. the harder, the more
C. the more hard, the less D. the more hard, the more
B
导学教程高中新课标系列答案The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.―Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in
There is really nothing new about ___38___ in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill ___39___ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ___40___ after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O’Neill asked ___41___ questions, and she didn’t ___42___ us either. Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the ___43___ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ___44___ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.
I don’t ___45___ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single ___46___ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they ___47___ seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a ___48___ to measure ourselves rather than others. ___49___ of us are asked to make ___50___ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called ___51___ daily to make a great many personal decisions. ___52___ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the ___53___ change received at the store be forgotten or ___54___? Nobody will know except ___55___. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.
36. A. test | B. problem | C. paper | D. lesson |
37. A. examined | B. completed | C. marked | D. answered |
38. A. lying | B. cheating | C. guessing | D. discussing |
39. A. didn’t | B. did | C. would | D. wouldn’t |
40. A. come | B. leave | C. remain | D. apologize |
41. A. no | B. certain | C. many | D. more |
42. A. excuse | B. reject | C. help | D. scold |
43. A. above | B. common | C. following | D. unusual |
44. A. repeat | B. get | C. put | D. copy |
45. A. worry | B. know | C. hear | D. talk |
46. A. chance | B. incident | C. lesson | D. memory |
47. A. even | B. still | C. always | D. almost |
48. A. way | B. sentence | C. choice | D. reason |
49. A. All | B. Few | C. Some | D. None |
50. A. quick | B. wise | C. great | D. personal |
51. A. out | B. for | C. up | D. upon |
52. A. Should | B. Must | C. Would | D. Need |
53. A. extra | B. small | C. some | D. necessary |
54. A. paid | B. remembered | C. shared | D. returned |
55. A. me | B. you | C. us | D. then |
Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself: " I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me." No one could have had a more productive old age.
She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty--seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.
Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery (刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930's and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. "I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it" she said.
1.According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to_______.
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A．make herself beautiful |
B．become famous |
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C．earn more money |
D．keep active |
2.Grandma Moses spent most of her life ________.
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A．nursing |
B．painting |
C．farming |
D．embroidering |
3.The underlined word “portrayals ” means ________.
A. expressions B explanations C. descriptions . D. impressions
4.From Grandma Moses' description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ________.
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A．pretty |
B．nervous |
C．rich |
D．independent |
5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
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A．The Children of Grandma Moses. |
B．Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures. |
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C．Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition. |
D．Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists. |
Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age.There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light.But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said.He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker..From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.Nature, he often said,is full of secrets.He tried to understand them;then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “ Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．Edison invented the electric light. |
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B．Many other people have changed Edison’s life. |
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C．Edison has changed the life of many other people. |
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D．Few men in history can change other people’s life. |
2.Edison thought __________.
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A．he could be happy if he was a genius |
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B．genius plays the most important part in one’s success |
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C．hard work could do better than genius |
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D．genius could do better than hard work |
3.Edison was __________.
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A．very much interested in nature |
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B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature |
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C．interested in changing people’s ideas |
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D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature |
4.In Edison’s opinion, _________.
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A．thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help |
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B．people’s successs lies mostly in genius |
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C．hard work is the second important thing in making people successful |
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D．there are few secrets for him to discover later |
5.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies _________.
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A．life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings |
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B．Edison made 100 inventions in his life |
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C．Edison was able to live and work for 100 years |
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D．People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work |
One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town.
“Do you fix flats?” he inquired of the attendant.
“Yes,” came the answer.
“How much do you charge?” he asked.
With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?”
This is what has been called a “Hobson’s choice”. A Hobson’s choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever is offered or go without.
According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth-century entrepreneur (企业家) Thomas Hobson. There was no choice by the customer — it was strictly Hobson’s choice.
But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference. We may not always believe it. We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a choice in the matter. And when we realize that we do most things by choice, then we are taking control of our own lives.
Someone challenged me to try an experiment that completely changed my perspective. “For the next seven days,” he said, “eliminate the words ‘I have to’ from your vocabulary and say ‘I choose to’. Don’t say, ‘I have to work late tonight’. Instead, say, ‘I choose to work late’. When you choose to do it, you take control of your life. Instead of saying, ‘I have to stay home’, try ‘I choose to stay home’. The way you spend your time is your choice. You are responsible. You have control.”
In just seven days I was no longer saying “I have to” and I felt better about my decisions. I learned that there is very little in my life I actually have to do. You and I decide to do certain things because we believe that it will be for the best. When we eliminate “I have to” from our vocabularies, we take control.
Try it for a week and you see what happens. I think you’ll see it’s a change for the better.
1. What did the attendant mean by saying “What difference does it make”?
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A．The man didn’t need to pay for the work. |
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B．It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price. |
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C．There was no need for the man to have the tire fixed. |
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D．The man should keep silent. |
2.The author learnt from the experiment that he .
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A．could become more challenging |
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B．could spend more time relaxing himself |
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C．should take pleasure in helping others |
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D．actually changed his attitudes towards life |
3.What does the underlined word “eliminate” mean?
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A．Remember. |
B．Repeat. |
C．Remove. |
D．Recite. |
4.What is the situation where we have a “Hobson’s choice”?
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A．We have no choice but to follow. |
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B．We should often change our choice. |
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C．We should make preparations before a journey. |
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D．We should think twice before taking action. |
5. The purpose of writing this text is to .
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A．advise us to become active in life |
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B．explain what Hobson’s choice is |
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C．tell an interesting story about the author |
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D．accept others’ advice modestly |