It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town,I watched a young girl 1 as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had 2 her money and ticket after changing buses. She cried 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town,I watched a young girl 1 as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had 2 her money and ticket after changing buses. She cried and 3 them not to leave her there.

The bus driver had a face of 4 with no sign of wanting to help,and his heart was 5 the same. "Losing your ticket is 6 losing your money," he said,and left the girl in the 7 . At that time,an old Indian stood up and 8 the driver's way, "How can you leave that girl out there? You know she 9 a ticket. You can't leave her in a city where she doesn't have any friends. You will meet your schedule,10 she might meet her end. " The driver showed no 11 of changing his mind and still didn't 12 the young girl's problem. Then the old gentleman said, "I'll 13 for her fare. I'll give her a little money to help her on her 14 . ”He went and bought the ticket and helped her put the baggage in the overhead luggage space. "How can I 15 ，" the girl said, "the16 you've shown tonight? We are strangers and we won't meet again. A ( n) 17 ' thank you' doesn't seem right."He 18 ,"What goes around comes around."

This is what Fve learned with time―What you 19 ,you always get back. What you sow,you reap (收获) in kind. Always be 20 to others and give what you can spare. By being kind to strangers,we will be helped in the future.

( ) 1. A. shouting B. weeping C. laughing D. calling

( ) 2. A. left B. forgot C. lost D. missed

( ) 3. A. required B. advised C. ordered D. begged

( ) 4. A. sand B. water C. flower D. stone

( ) 5. A. hardly B. surely C. always D. never

( ) 6. A. for B. like C. towards D. to

( ) 7. A. town B. rain C. bus D. field

( ) 8. A. found B. kept C. blocked D. stayed

( ) 9. A. wanted B. lost C. had D. needed

( ) 10. A. but B. and C. until D. unless

( ) 11. A. decision B. intention C. way D. sign

( ) 12. A. care about B. take on C. leave out D. lead to

( ) 13. A. take B. pay C. buy D. spend

( ) 14. A. line B. street C. road D. way

( ) 15. A. reduce B. remember C. repay D. direct

( ) 16. A. kindness B. anger C. mercy D. money

( ) 17. A. hard B. grateful C. mere D. unique

( ) 18. A. nodded B. yelled C. shouted D. replied

( ) 19. A. present B. give C. express D. display

( ) 20. A. helpful B. important C. meaningful D. practical

1. B从后面的as her baggage was taken down以及下一句It seemed that推测的原因来看，在一个雨夜，小女孩的行李被拿下来了，而且无法换车，所以此刻可能是在那里哭泣。

2. C看起来她好像是丟了换车的票和钱。第2 段司机的说话内容"Losing your ticket..."也证实如此。

3. D小女孩处于被动的状态，所以应该是哀求司机不要把她留在那里，而不是"要求，命令"。

4. D从后面的with no sign of wanting to help可知，司机并没有打算要帮助小女孩,所以他的脸像"石头"一样生硬，没有表情，说明司机的冷酷无情。

5. B对照他毫无表情的脸，他也一定没有一点同情心。surely表示"无疑，必定"。

6. B丢失车票就像丢失现金一样。可以看出，司机认为车票是非常重要的。

7. B 从文中的首句It was a rainy night可知，当时正在下雨，司机又不愿意搭载小女孩，所以小女孩被抛弃在了雨中。

8. C从老人说的话"How can you leave that girl out there"可知，老人责备司机的无情，所以此时他站起来，应该是"阻止"司机的去路。block sb.'s way意为"堵住某人的路"。

9. C这里用过去式，had表示她"曾"买过了。

10. A前句是关于司机的内容"meet the schedule"，后句是小女孩的事情"meet her end"，前后句具有强烈的对照关系。句意为：你将按章程办事，她将无路可走。meet the schedule指"按时间表、进度表办事"。

11. D从后面的sign of changing his mind and still didn't...可以知道，司机仍然没有要改变主意的迹象。

12. A从前面对司机的描述可知，他丝毫不关心小女孩的情况，所以选A项care about。

13. B老人的言语表明他是一位极其善良的人，所以此刻面对司机的无情，他只好为女孩"付"公交车费了。

14. D on one's way指"在某人到某地的路上"。

15. C老人为女孩买了票，女孩应该是非常感激的，所以想知道怎样把欠他的情还给他，尤其他们是互不相识的陌生人。

16. A从老人的行为中，可以看出，老人是非常和蔼的，所以此处选kindness。

17. C从doesn't seem right看出，仅仅说声谢谢是不够的。

18. D老人"回答道"："付出什么就会得到什么"。

19. B与18题呼应,这就是作者所表达的主题。

20. A根据文章最后一句可知，对待别人要友善，要帮助别人，将来我们也会得到帮助的。

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George Black's father died in1889. George was eleven years old. His brother was fourteen. "We will not be able to go to school," his brother said, "we are going to have to work for a living. If we work hard and make men out of ourselves,even if we do not know the difference between A and B. people will call us Mr. Black someday."George repeated his brother's words proudly more than 80 years later. By then he was a very old man,everybody called him Mr. Black.

The two little boys,George and his brother,set out on their own in1889. They walked 40 miles from their village in North Carolina to the nearest big city Winston-Salem. They worked for a brickmaker for a while. After they learned how to make bricks,they started their own business. By the time I met George Black,he had been making bricks for a very long time. He still used the same method. He tied a mule to what he called a"mudmill (磨) ". The mule walked slowly in a circle turning the mill. The mill mixed dirt and water creating the wet mud from which bricks are made. Mr. Black gathered up the mud in his big hands and put just the right amount in each form. It was then ready to be heated in a hot fire. Each form made six bricks.

"How many bricks do you think you have made in your life?" I asked him.

"Oh”， he said, "I do not know,I would be afraid to know. I made a million bricks one year. Mr. Arge Renals wanted to build a tobacco factory. He asked me if I thought I could make a million bricks. I studied and said' Yes,I could.,I did too. You can go see them if you want to. That building is still there. They are all my bricks,yes sir."I found myself filled with great respect for this man. He was standing in a hole in the ground covered in mud. He had made a life of earth and water and fire. He had made the building blocks of a city.

( ) 5. George Black became a brick maker because .

A. his brother was a brickmaker

B. he had been old enough to find a job

C. he had to support himself

D. he wanted to start his own business

( ) 6. All the following statements are true EXCEPT .

A. George made a million bricks every year

B. Both George and his brother were ambitious people

C. George insisted on making bricks by hand all his life

D. George was over90 years old when he was interviewed

( ) 7. From the passage we know that George is a person who is .

A. educated and hardworking B. oldfashioned and lonely

C. intelligent and easygoing D. strong and struggling

( ) 8. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. A Brick maker B. Mr. Black

C. A Million Bricks D. Builder of the City

When Kristi was born,the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (向内扭曲) ."Left 1 ,it would be a problem," he told us.

We did our best to help our baby. When she was only two weeks old,I brought her back to the doctor,just as he had 2 and the doctor put her 3 feet into casts. Because she was growing,I had to take her 4 to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast.

5 the casting was finished,and it was time for 6 shoes and bars. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she 7 to walk. Those first,awkward steps made us so 8 . When she entered preschool,her steps appeared quite 9 . Encouraged by her progress,we looked for something else to help 10 her poorer body.

As it 11,she loved the ice！

When she 12 six,we entered her in skating lessons and soon she was gliding like a swan. We watched in 13 as she skimmed the ice. She worked hard at every new movement. She loved the ice and her dedication 14 . At the senior World Championships in 1991,she won the women's singles!Then we found ourselves filled with love and 15 in France,at the 1992 Winter Olympics,as our daughter,Kristi Yamaguchi won the gold medal.

I thought back to the early years of 16 for Kristi―the years of frustration for her as a child who simply wanted to 17 the endless doctor visits;the first baby steps with bars and corrected shoes. We 18 her strength and dedication,and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had once been 19 in heavy casts. In our eyes,Kristi had always walked with the 20 of a true champion.

( ) 1. A. unarmed B. unattended C. uncorrected D. unoperated

( ) 2. A. directed B. showed C. promised D. told

( ) 3. A. fat B. thin C. red D. tiny

( ) 4. A. over B. out C. back D. away

( ) 5. A. Fortunately B. Specially C. Eventually D. Unluckily

( ) 6. A. nice B. helpful C. corrective D. strong

( ) 7. A. struggled B. stuck C. hoped D. decided

( ) 8. A. sad B. excited C. relieved D. pleasant

( ) 9. A. usual B. general C. normal D. common

( ) 10. A. heighten B. strengthen C. harden D. widen

( ) 11. A. turned out B. brought out C. left out D. taken out

( ) 12. A. became B. got C. went D. turned

( ) 13. A. surprise B. sorrow C. wonderment D. anxiety

( ) 14. A. paid off B. came up C. taken in D. came out

( ) 15. A. anxiety B. hope C. admiration D. hesitation

( ) 16. A. hopelessness B. challenge C. fear D. surprise

( ) 17. A. walk B. run C. speak D. stand

( ) 18. A. worried B. respected C. preferred D. frightened

( ) 19. A. hunted B. bound C. treated D. rejected

( ) 20. A. truth B. determination C. grace D. hardship

I should say I owe my success to my mother. My 1 began when I was just a kid. I 2 becoming a doctor.

My mother was a servant. Through her work,she observed that 3 people spent a lot more time reading than they 4 watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 5 TV programs during the week. In our free time,we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and 6 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 7 because my mother was uneducated.

When I entered high school I was a (n) 8 ,but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes and I wanted to 9 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 10 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay,I'll give you all the money I 11 this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything 12 ,you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want." I was very 13 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money,there was 14 left.

I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 15 over our heads and any kind of food on the table,16 buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 17 and became an A-student again,and eventually I 18 my dream and I became a doctor.

My mother is a woman with 19 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job more 20 than parenting.

( ) 1. A. belief B. work C. schooling D. promise

( ) 2. A. majored in B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of

( ) 3. A. lazy B. easygoing C. successful D. reliable

( ) 4. A. cost B. paid C. took D. did

( ) 5. A. preselected B. unprepared C. interesting D. foreign

( ) 6. A. read B. present C. teach D. explain

( ) 7. A. joke B. means C. tool D. trick

( ) 8. A. A-student C. B-student C. C-student D. D-student

( ) 9. A. get rid of B. hang out with

C. break away from D. keep in touch with

( ) 10. A. making B. stopping C. finishing D. getting

( ) 11. A. accept B. win C. spend D. make

( ) 12. A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out

( ) 13. A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored

( ) 14. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

( ) 15. A. house B. room C. roof D. floor

( ) 16. A. let alone B. let out C. let in D. let off

( ) 17. A. guys B. mother C. studies D. play

( ) 18. A. made B. realized C. changed D. tried

( ) 19. A. little B. much C. few D. high

( ) 20. A. interesting B. natural C. important D. strange

Most,if not all,Chinese are financially better off thanks to over 30 years of reform and opening up. But are we any happier?

Various surveys and rankings attempt to answer this question.

Though sociologists have presented varying percentages based on different criteria,their answers tend to find we are generally happier,and the number of optimists rises each year.

But each survey reveals a worrisome fact that a sizable portion,10 percent at the lowest,of respondents were not content with their lives or not hopeful about the future.

We cannot be content with the fact that at least 130 million of our countrymen are not happy.

Although a sense of happiness remains a luxury for many of our compatriots because of poverty,we agree financial wellbeing is not the sole determinant of happiness.

For most of us,except the extremely rich and naturally born optimists,there simply are too many variables that may kill the feeling of happiness.

These include,but are not limited to,rising housing prices,tight and instable job market,backbreaking schooling expenses and medical bills.

The most common one,however,is a low sense of security.

An eyecatching characteristic of our economy is its high savings rate,at 46 percent now.

Explaining the rise in savings and drop in spending in their city,Beijing municipal statisticians pointed that in the low-and-middle-income group there was too much uncertainty regarding employment,income,housing,medical situations,and education.

How can you feel happy when you always have to brace ( = prepare) yourself for the unexpected?

It may be beyond the government's reach,to guarantee higher income for every citizen. But it does have a burden to create an environment where all citizens can feel a reasonable level of security.

There was an inclusive '* safety network" when the government encouraged officials to leave public offices in 1980s in attempts to downsize public service. The idea was to offer officials secure pay and benefits so they would not have to worry about guarantees after their departure from positions of power.

It is time the government displayed similar creativity and resolve to address a much larger sense of uncertainty.

( ) 1. The underlined word "burden" in the passage means .

A. a heavy load

B. a duty or responsibility

C. the main theme of an article

D. capacity

( ) 2. According to the passage,the reason that most people involved in the surveys feel unhappy is that .

A. they are faced with financial problems

B. they are not naturally born optimists

C. they are lack of sense of security

D. they are bothered by the rising prices

( ) 3. From the passage,we know that the high savings rate shows that .

A. life for most Chinese is no longer a daily struggle for basic necessities

B. the country's social security system is incomplete

C. the public are too busy to spend

D. it is not easy to change this traditional custom

( ) 4. The writer offers the example of "safety network" is to show .

A. the officials in China can enjoy better social welfare

B. the advantages of a policy

C. a way to solve the problem mentioned above

D. it is not necessary for most people to worry about their future

Crying babies,buzzing mosquitoes,ringing car alarms,they're all annoying noises. But what's the worst? A recent survey lists the things we hate to hear.

However,numberone on the list was the sound of a dentist's drill. "That lust sends shivers down my spine ," said one respondent. " After a visit to the dentist,I sometimes wake up at night with that sound in my head. It's horrible," said another. " I've seen patients shaking with fear when I bring out the drill," explained a dentist. Of course,anyone who has actually been to the dentist and heard the sound will probably agree with that.

But there's some good news,a new device developed by experts at College London,Brunei University and London South Bank University can cancel out the sound of the frightening drill. The tiny machine allows patients to listen to music on an MP3 player while the sound of the drill is eliminated. However,patients are still able to hear the dentist's voice because not all sounds are filtered out (滤除) .

The theory behind it is fairly straightforward. Microphones are placed close to the dental drill. These pick up any sounds and transform them into digital signals. Then,electronic filters cancel out any unwanted sound waves. This can be done even if the wave's amplitude (振幅) and frequency changes. However,the great thing is that this technology also allows other noises,such as the dentist's voice to come through.

It's easy to use,too. Patients simply plug the soundfiltering machine into their MP3 players. Then,via headphones,they can listen to music and hear the dentist's voice without being disturbed by the noise of the drill. Fantastic！

So,next time you go to the dentist,remember to bring your MP3 player.

( ) 5. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To announce a recent survey.

B. To introduce a new product.

C. To list some annoying noises.

D. To remind to bring your MP3.

( ) 6. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A. It makes me surprised. B. It makes me delightful.

C. It makes me wide awake. D. It makes me scared.

( ) 7. What technology is the tiny machine based on?

A. It can get rid of all the sounds.

B. It can transform sound waves into digital signals.

C. It can filter out the unwanted sounds.

D. It can change the sound wave's amplitude and frequency.

( ) 8. Which of the following words best describe the tiny machine?

A. Heavy and useless. B. Simple and practical.

C. Clear but frightening. D. Fantastic but noisy.

In high school I knew a guy who wanted to become a doctor. From the seventh grade on,that was all he wanted to be. After 1 he went straight into a medical school,and 2 doctor by age 25. I 3 such people. They know 4 where they want to go in life.

I don't think most people have such a 5 picture of where they are going. I,for one,feel I've been 6 all my life. The only thing Fve ever had a strong 7 to do is to dance,and I've spent 8 of my life trying to do that.

Anyway,when I was 22 ,I 9 a crisis that forced me to stop dancing. I had to take a new 10 ,and I was at a loss to what it should be. Then one morning,I started to paint. My first piece,to my 11,sold for $4,000. And over the next few years I 12 16 more paintings,most of which also sold.

13 ,though,as I approached the 60th year of my life,that 14 of being lost in life returned. I could 15 make myself paint,and once again,I was plagued (被.... 烦忧) with 16 about whether this was really what I was 17 to be doing with my life. Perhaps my life had become dull and I was to reach into the 18 and look for a fresh direction?

I 19 everything I owned in storage,bought a tent and a bicycle and 20 out of town. I started a journey that day―a journey around the whole country.

( ) 1. A. school B. graduation C. work D. church

( ) 2. A. became B. turned C. made D. grew

( ) 3. A. challenge B. like C. love D. envy

( ) 4. A. really B. exactly C. luckily D. specially

( ) 5. A. clear B. beautiful C. complete D. colorful

( ) 6. A. missing B. left C. lost D. remaining

( ) 7. A. devotion B. urge C. sense D. pressure

( ) 8. A. part B. some C. most D. little

( ) 9. A. went over B. went against C. went up D. went through

( ) 10. A. way B. road C. direction D. route

( ) 11. A. surprise B. happiness C. excitement D. joy

( ) 12. A. finished B. completed C. collected D. created

( ) 13. A. Unfortunately B. Naturally

C. Strangely D. Disappointedly

( ) 14. A. picture B. view C. sense D. idea

( ) 15. A. nearly B. never C. almost D. barely

( ) 16. A. doubts B. questions C. worry D. trouble

( ) 17. A. suggested B. supposed C. required D. advised

( ) 18. A. darkness B. brightness C. heaven D. unknown

( ) 19. A. lifted B. put C. took D. carried

( ) 20. A. rode B. drove C. ran D. walked

9. The company had to dozens of its employees because of the sharp drop in sales.

A. lay off B. lay down

C. lay out D. lay aside

10. Having lived in the town for many years,Mr Smith no longer felt among the local people.

A. out of control B. out of touch

C. out of place D. out of use

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