题目内容
My father was a hard-working man who delivered bread as a living to support my family. He spent all his evenings after work having classes, hoping to 41 himself so that he could find a better job. Except for Sundays, Father 42 ate a meal together with us.
Whenever the family complained that he wasn’t spending enough time with us, his 43 was that he was doing all this for us.
The day came when the examination results were announced. To his joy, Father passed! Soon he was offered a good job with high pay. Father could now 44 to provide my family with nice clothing and fine food.
However, the family 45 did not see Father for most of the week. He 46 to work very hard, hoping to be promoted (晋升). He took another 47 in the Open University so as to get more chances of being promoted.
Father’s hard work paid off and he was promoted. He decided to hire a servant to do housework. He also 48 that our three-room house was not big enough and it would be wonderful for my family to 49 a comfortable house. Having experienced the 50 of his hard work many times before, Father decided to continue his 51 and work for being promoted again.
As expected, Father’s hard work 52 again and he bought a beautiful villa (别墅). On the first Sunday at our new 53, Father 54 not to take courses or expect any more promotions. He would 55 more time to our family. But Father did not wake up the next day.
41. A. understand B. change C. improve D. control
42. A. actually B. finally C. hardly D. frequently
43. A. fact B. reason C. truth D. words
44. A. succeed B. prefer C. remember D. afford
45. A. recently B. really C. rarely D. still
46. A. continued B. began C. stopped D. refused
47. A. course B. prize C. duty D. position
48. A. heard B. felt C. ignored D. permitted
49. A. design B. invent C. enjoy D. imagine
50. A. pains B. troubles C. responsibilities D. rewards
51. A. vacation B. studies C. research D. project
52. A. took off B. came true C. paid off D. made sense
53. A. work B. house C. office D. school
54. A. tried B. forgot C. regretted D. decided
55. A. spend B. give C. live D. devote
41-45 CCBDD 46-50 AABCD 51-55 BCBDD
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
【小题1】What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A.He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said. |
B.He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings. |
C.He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true. |
D.He refused to take the list and have a look at it. |
A.Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true. |
B.Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. |
C.Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. |
D.Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. |
A.Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend |
B.The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had |
C.My Father |
D.My Childhood |
I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength masking its way by face strokes (猛力地划)to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys.” Do you know what you have done?” they said, “It’s Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym; he has got his football honor.”
I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel and so small.” He didn’t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word,” My father, who is a great man, is also small.” At this be laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.
【小题1】The writer thought Amery” a fair game” because the boy .
A.was of similar size |
B.was fond of games |
C.looked like an animal |
D.was good at sports |
A.he was laughed at by other boys |
B.he played a joke on an outstanding athlete |
C.Amery turned out to be in the same grade |
D.he pushed Amery hard and hurt him |
A.challenged Amery | B.threatened Amery |
C.admired his father | D.tried to please Amery |
A.The writer could run faster than Amery. |
B.Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior. |
C.The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes. |
D.Amery was a student in Grade Four. |