题目内容
It was 11:30 in the evening. A 16 American lady of about seventy was standing on the side of an Alabama 17 trying(忍受) a pouring rainstorm. Her car had 18 and the moment she badly needed a ride. Wet to the 19 and the moment she decided to flag(挥旗) down the net 20. A young white man stopped to help her- generally unheard 21 in those conflict-filled(充满矛盾、冲突的) 1960s. The man 22 her to safety in his car, and 23 a taxi for her. She 24 to be in a great hurry. She wrote down his 25, thanked him and went away. Several days went by and a 26 came on the man’s door. To his 27, a very big color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was 28 to it. It read,
Dear Sir,
Thanks you so much for aiding 29 colored woman on the freeway the other night. The rain 30 wet all over, not only my clothes 31 my spirits. And at the very moment you 32 along. Because of you, I was 33 to make it to my dying husband’s bedside 34 before he passed away. God bless(保佑) you for helping me and kindly serving 35.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole
16. A. black | B. white | C. poor | D. sick |
17. A railway | B. freeway | D. river | |
18. A. broken up | B. speeded up | C. broken down | D. slowed don |
19. A. hair | B. heart | C. skin | D. clothes |
20. A. bus | B. truck | C. taxi | D. car |
21. A. from | B. by | C. before | D. of |
22. A. put | B. led | C. fetched | D. took |
23. A. hired | B. took | C. sent | D. asked |
24. A. used | B. seemed | C. happened | D. was up |
25. A. address | B. number | C. name | D. words |
26. A. lady | B. salesman | C. letter | D. knock |
27. A. worry | B. joy | C. surprise | D. satisfaction |
28. A. offered | B. given | C. fastened | D. written |
29. A. a dark | B. an aged | C. a lucky | D. an unhappy |
30. A. let | B. made | C. had | D. turned |
31. A. and | B. but | C. or | D. while |
32. A. got | B. went | C. ran | D. came |
33. A. able | B. ready | C. likely | D. willing |
34. A. only | B. almost | C. long | D. just |
35. A. another | B. the other | C. others | D. the others |
16-20 ABCDD 21-25 DDABA 26-30 DCCBB 31-35 BDADC
口算能手系列答案Lynn was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. At the age of l6, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. In l922, with limited education and skills, the future didn’t look bright for Lynn. Her father demanded that Lynn find a job as soon as possible, but she didn’t have the confidence to ask for a job.
One day, Lynn gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door. She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager. In her broken English, Lynn told her she was interested in the secretarial position. Margaret decided to give her a chance.
Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lynn, let’s see how good you really are.” She directed Lynn to type a single letter, and then left. Lynn looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 a.m. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She thought she should at least attempt the letter.
On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. “At noon,” she said to herself, “I’ll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again.”
On her second attempt, things didn’t get any better. Again she started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though. She looked at the clock: 11:55—five minutes to freedom.
Just then, Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lynn, and put one hand on the desk and the other on the girl’s shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, “Lynn, you’re doing good work!”
Lynn was surprised. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow. She thought, “Well, if she thinks it’s good, then it must be good. I think I’ll stay!”
Lynn did stay at Carhartt Overall Company…for 51 years, through two world wars and 11 presidents—all because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.
【小题1】Why did Lynn leave school at an early age?
| A．To learn English well. |
| B．To earn money for her family. |
| C．To get self-confidence. |
| D．To become a typist. |
| A．could speak good English |
| B．didn’t know much about typing |
| C．knew Margaret very well |
| D．never wrote any letter |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Lynn’s father. | B．Lynn herself. | C．A president. | D．Margaret. |
| A．Encouragement makes a difference. |
| B．Honesty is the best policy. |
| C．Virtue(美德) leads to success. |
| D．Time waits for no man. |
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight. The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.
Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom, but the phone didn’t work. Lubeck realized he was trapped. “I started panicking,” he says.
His daughter and young granddaughters, who lived with him, were away for the night. No one will even know I’m home, he thought. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.
Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife. Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector. He jumped out of bed, grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise.
He dialed 911. “Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house. Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house.
Then he heard, “Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom.
“I ran in and yelled,‘Don, where are you?’ Then I had to run outside to catch my breath.”
After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back. But there was no way to get to him. “I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed.
Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.
Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story. “I was alone,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Jeremie.”
【小题1】According to the text, Lubeck___________.
| A．stayed calm in the fire | B．couldn’t find a safe way out |
| C．lived on the first floor | D．called for help in the fire |
| A．He called 911. |
| B．He went upstairs and took Lubeck out. |
| C．He put out the fire. |
| D．He used a ladder and pulled Lubeck down. |
| A．He was living in his wood home alone that night. |
| B．The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce. |
| C．He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pines. |
| D．He was too frightened to escape from the danger. |
| A．A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin. |
| B．A good way to get a narrow escape. |
| C．God helps those who help themselves. |
| D．Blood is thicker than water. |