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Though we were poor, my sister managed to buy me a pair of “magic shoes” that changed my life.
Anne is six years older than me. Growing up, we were very poor, and my mother worked evenings at a factory in a small town. Not seeing my mother much, Anne took over much of the support. During those teenage years, Anne was always there for me, not only as a big sister, but as a mother and my best friend.
When I was seventeen，I had no money. I thought my only chance of going to college was trying to win a scholarship. I had an important interview for such an award. I told her about my interview, that General Motors was sending me a bus ticket, and I would get to visit the city for my scholarship interview. I was excited about the adventure* and asked her advice on what to wear. I showed her my best coat and how I planned to be careful, how I sat so that the hole in the bottom of my shoe would not be seen, but I wasn’t sure what I would do if it rained.
Anne suggested that we should go shopping, and we took the bus to a store. There we found a beautiful pair of leather shoes on sale. She told me to try them on, but I thought it was just for fun .As neither of us had ever owned anything that expensive before. But this time was different. Anne handed me the boxed shoes and said, “Here, I’ll buy these for you.”
“But…” was all I could say.
“You deserve* them,” she replied. “I want to see you get that scholarship.”
I went to the interview and crossed my legs so that my beautiful new shoes shone with pride. I won the scholarship and became an engineer. Now, after twenty years have passed, I still have that pair of shoes with me, and I just wear them on those occasions* when I need to feel special. It’s kind of like having magic slippers when you’re homesick.
52. The writer said that Anne was like the author’s mother because____________?
A. she took care of the author.
B. Anne was much older than the author.
C. Anne looked like the author’s mother.
D. Anne admired the author’s mother.
53. Anne suggested that they go shopping in order to ____________.
A. buy a pair of new shoes for the author
B. buy a pair of new shoes for herself
C. repair the author’s poor shoe
D. try on different kinds of clothes
54. The interview was successful probably because _____________.
A. the interviewers noticed her new shoes and liked them
B. the author looked especially beautiful wearing the shoe
C. the author was confident with the new shoes on
D. the shoes are a pair of “magic shoes”
55. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Growing Up B. An Interview C. Going to College D. Magic Shoes.
查看习题详情和答案>>Last week we asked our reader a question，“What is the most unforgettable thing you have ever had?” Here are three readers' answers．
| Once I was on a weekend hike with my class．The teacher told us to be careful．I fell just as she finished talking and what was worse，my glasses were missing．I can’t see without my glasses! I thought it could be the end of my trip．But everyone said I shouldn’t be so sad and they would help me．Some classmates helped me when I walked and others told me about the wonderful birds and trees they were seeing．Sometimes when you lose something，you might find friends in its place．Later，someone noticed something in my shirt pocket and asked what it was．I touched my pocket．“It must be my glasses!” Everyone laughed． Dave Brown |
| Many years ago，I found a photo of my grandmother when she was young．She was very beautiful．“This must belong to my mother，” I thought．We were having a class about family trees and I thought grandmother's photo would be good for the lesson．So I took it to school and showed my friends．Unluckily，I couldn't find it after that class．Later，when I got home from school，I told my mother about the photo．She was very sad and cried for it was the only picture she had of her mother．I felt sad．I still do． Liu Meifeng |
| Everyone always said my grandfather must have been very rich．They were always trying to guess where he kept his money because he always said his money would be lost if he put it in the banks．But no one ever found it．After he died，his relatives（亲戚）got the many different things that belonged to him．When they asked me what I wanted，I asked if I could have his books．My other relatives laughed at me--Why would anyone want old books? Later，I found grandfather’s money--inside his books! Alan Murphy |
1．When Dave lost his glasses ________．
A．he had to go home B．he found new glasses
C．his friends helped him D．he had to wear others' glasses
2．Why was Meifeng's mother very sad when she heard that her son had lost her mother's photo? Because ________．
A．it was a photo of her mother B．it belonged to Meifeng's teacher
C．she had only one photo of her mother D．Meifeng's grandmother was sad
3．Alan's grandfather ________．
A．didn't like banks B．gave his money to his grandson
C．put some of his money in banks D．gave his money to his relatives
4．Alan found something that ________．
A．he didn't want
B．all his other relatives wanted
C．was useful to a teacher
D．was useful to people who borrowed books
查看习题详情和答案>>We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the book-shelf. It stood outside a furniture shop.
“Buy it, ” she said at once.
“We'll carry it home on the roof-rack (车顶架). I've always wanted one like that. ”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.
As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There's a long line of cars behind. Why don't they overtake (超车)?”
Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers (警官) inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church (教堂) . One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir. ” he said. “Do you need any more help now?”
I didn't quite understand. “Thanks officer,” I said. “You've been very kind. I live just down the road. ”
He was looking at our things: first at the flowers then at the bookshelf. “Well, well, ” he said and laughed. “ It's a bookshelf you've got there! We thought it was…er something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly, I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it's a bookshelf, but thanks again, ” I drove home as fast as I could.
1．From the story we know that ________ .
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A．the writer was poor and didn't buy the bookshelf for his wife
B．The writer's wife didn't like the bookshelf at all
C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife
D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife
2．What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea” ?
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A．He could drive slowly and it was safe.
B．Other drivers would let him go first.
C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.
D．He could save a lot of money and time.
3．Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?
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A．Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.
B．Because they didn' t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.
C．Because they thought somebody in the writer's family had died and he needed help.
D．Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.
4．Why did the writer's wife begin to laugh?
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A．Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.
B．Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church.
C．Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.
D．Because the police had helped them a lot.
5．When did the officers begin to realize (意识到) they had made a mistake?
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A．Before they arrived at the church.
B．Before they overtook the writer's car.
C．After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church.
D．After the writer's family left the church.
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Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all his life. Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise—$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.
Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital. Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Toy bear Lady.”
Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”
How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more money, and she listened to what he said. She brought the stocks(股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital.” No one knew that the “something” was $18 million!
1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because______.
A. she had too much money B. she had a lot of toy bears
C. she had never got married and had no children D. she liked children very much
2. People started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”_______.
A. after she visited the children in hospital many times B. after she died
C. before her friend’s daughter was ill B. before she worked with his boss
3. Everyone was surprised that________.
A. Gladys lived such a long life B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago
C. Gladys had so much money D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents
4. ________, so she got rich.
A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do
C. Gladys got the money from the boss D. Gladys did another job in the hospital
5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,________.
A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things B. she stopped working
C. she still lived in the same way D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family
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In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
6.The main idea of paragraph 2 is________.
A. Franklin started the first subscription library
B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members
C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries
D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833
7.The underlined word “borrow” means_______.
A. read and write with no help from another person
B. use for a short time and then return
C. like very much
D. lend
8.The reading does not say it, but we can guess that_______.
A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries
B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time
C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it
D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools
9.Havard University began_______.
A. in 1731 B. in 1730 C. in 1833 D. in 1638
10.At the library that Franklin started, ________.
A. children could use books for no money at all
B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that
C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that
D. both A and B
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