William Franklin came to my class half a year ago. But from his first day here, he   36   himself in his own world and he never spoke to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but   37  . It seemed as if he just didn’t want to break his   38  .
After the Thanksgiving holiday, we received the news of the   39   Christmas collection of money for the   40   in our school. “Christmas is a season of   41   ,” I told my students. “Some poor students in our school might not have a   42   holiday. By giving a little money, you will help   43   some toys, food and clothing for these needy students. We will   44   the collection tomorrow.”
The next morning,   45   , I found out almost everyone had   46   this matter except Willard Franklin. He came up to my desk with his head down.   47   , he dropped two coins into the small box. “I don’t need milk for lunch,” he said in a   48   voice.
After school I couldn’t help sharing what had   49   in the morning with our headmaster. “I may be wrong, but I   50   Willard might be ready to become part of our class.” “ I am   51   to hear that,” he nodded. “And I just received a list of the poor families in our school who most need   52  . Here, take a look at it.”
As I sat down to   53   , I found Willard Franklin was at the top of the list. At that moment, I felt I really   54   Willard for the first time: a cold face with a warm heart. From this   55   , I also learnt that whether rich or poor, every child has a kind heart.

【小题1】
A.taughtB.shutC.leftD.controlled
【小题2】
A.failed B.stopped C.interruptedD.changed
【小题3】
A.recordB.promise C.sadnessD.silence
【小题4】
A.daily B.weeklyC.monthly D.yearly
【小题5】
A.youngB.sick C.poor D.shy
【小题6】
A.giving B.enjoying C.receiving D.spending
【小题7】
A.realB.happyC.usualD.long
【小题8】
A.findB.makeC.buy D.gather
【小题9】
A.prepareB.finishC.start D.continue
【小题10】
A.though B.however C.otherwiseD.thus
【小题11】
A.forgotten B.considered C.learntD.realized
【小题12】
A.QuicklyB.SuddenlyC.Proudly D.Carefully
【小题13】
A.sweet B.loud C.low D.polite
【小题14】
A.appeared B.plannedC.happenedD.collected
【小题15】
A.hopeB.wonder C.doubtD.believe
【小题16】
A.gladB.sorry C.curious D.lucky
【小题17】
A.education B.advice C.rescueD.help
【小题18】
A.restB.readC.workD.study
【小题19】
A.knew B.likedC.understoodD.recognized
【小题20】
A.projectB.experienceC.eventD.accident

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people      I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a       person.

I think my      started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my       and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever      to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really     . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n)      . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I could      to help. That was really a big      for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of      are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new     , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my     . Every time I came into her room, she was      because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never      her, so I took her place. She let me     that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was     , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much      person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not      these experiences. They have      me to care about other people more than about myself. I      who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.A. since              B. before            C. or                     D. unless

2.A. famous            B. simple          C. different                       D. skilled

3.A. education          B. career  C. tour       D. change

4.A. balance      B. homework    C. degree D. interest

5.A. talked        B. wrote   C. lied       D. reported

6.A. careful       B. lonely   C. curious D. guilty

7.A. argument B. game    C. experiment D. defence

8.A. dare           B. offer    C. hesitate        D. happen

9.A. dream       B. problem        C. duty     D. step

10.A. us    B. which   C. them    D. whom

11.A. attitude   B. hobby   C. hope    D. luck

12.A. friend       B. partner C. guide   D. guest

13.A. polite       B. happy C. strange         D. confident

14.A. bothered         B. answered     C. visited D. trusted

15.A. explain     B. guess    C. declare D. see

16.A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-tempered      D. hopeless

17.A. quieter    B. busier C. better D. richer

18.A. forget      B. face       C. improve        D. analyze

19.A. forced     B. preferred     C. ordered        D. taught

20.A. miss B. like       C. wonder         D. expect

 

Every people(民族)uses its own special(特殊的)words to show its ideas and feelings. Some expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is“Where’s the beef?”It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be In the early 1980s “Where’s the beef?”was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at the time.

Beef, of course,is the meat form a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger(汉堡包)made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants“McDonald’ s”.Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.

Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company(公司)called“Wendy’s”said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s .The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression“Where’s the beef?”to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement(广告)showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef.“Where’s the beef?”she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was a success .As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression“Where’s the beef?”

53._______started Mc Donald’s restaurant.

A.Ray Kroc  B.McDonald     C.Wendy      D.Three old women

54.Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought_______.

A.they could sell hamburgers at a low price  B.hamburgers were easy to make

C.beef was very popular in America        D.they could make a lot of money

55.Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody_______.

A.with many old women eating hamburgers

B.by a television advertisement

C.while selling bread with a bit of meat in it

D.at the McDonald’s restaurant

56.We can learn from the passage that the expression“Where’s the beef?”means_______.

A.the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be

B.the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be

C.something is not so good as one says     

D.Wendy’s is the biggest

 

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Nowadays lots of students ask their parents for money to buy things they like. For me, to ask for money is like entering a(n) _36__. I learned this from  37  .

       Last year my mother told me that the _ 38   way I would get a driver’s license before I turned eighteen depended on _ 39   I paid for the classes myself. “What?” I asked in _ 40   . But I knew _ 41   that my reasoning would have no_ 42   on the situation,  43__ by the look on my mother’s face.

      Three weeks later, I started working _ 44  a hostess at a factory, twice a week. A month later I paid $ 270 for driving lessons, and then over $ 20 to _ 45   my permit test. My pockets were empty _ 46   as soon as they were filled.

       My mother thought that I’d be _ 47   to do things without her help. The funny thing was that even though I was totally _ 48   in the beginning, I truly appreciated it, _ 49   if I had just been handed bills from her.

       When I realized that my mother wasn’t going to _ 50   something like a driver’s license, at first, it seemed as if she had __51__ an immovable block before me and I would never _ 52   it. But my mother was __53 _. She knew that I wanted a luxury(奢侈品)but _ 54   me to get it. That is as _ 55   as this ---- if I really want it, I’ll find a way to get it myself.

1.A. office                    B. prison                      C. battlefield                D. bank

2.A. facts                     B. experience                C. lessons                     D. quarrels

3.A. best                      B. proper                      C. same                        D. only

4.A. whether              B. that                          C. how                         D. when

5.A. trouble                  B. disbelief                   C. comfort                    D. horror

6.A. hurriedly            B. jokingly                   C. instantly                   D. surprisingly

7.A. effect                 B. sense                        C. effort                       D. result

8.A. judged          B. judging            C. to judge           D. being judged

9.A. with                   B. for                           C. like                          D. as

10.A. pass                    B. take                         C. hold                         D. gain

11.A. almost                 B. even                        C. still                         D. yet

12.A. ready                  B. likely                       C. unhappy                  D. unable

13.A. terrified               B. annoyed                   C. tired                        D. disturbed

14.A. more than           B. rather than                C. no more                   D. no longer

15.A. pay                         B. raise                        C. buy                          D. support

16.A. laid                         B. lay                           C. lied                          D. lain

17.A. get about             B. get by                     C. get through               D. get over

18.A. wise                    B. mistaken                  C. strict                        D. kind

19.A. dared                  B. hoped                      C. encouraged               D. expected

20.A. well                   B. far                           C. soon                        D. simple

 

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