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In 1997, I found myself in a situation I never thought I'd be in: alone and begging for money in New York. My father had been separated from our family, and my mother had recently died from complications related to AIDS. What I remember most about such nights is lying on the cold marble floor and using my backpack for a pillow.
Even though I had lost my family, I made choices every single day to turn my life around. There was the haven for homeless teenagers called the Door, a non－profit organization that provided me with guidance, medical care and food, all of which kept me going while I completed my homework in train stations and under hallway lights. Perhaps the most surprising help though, I did not seek out﹔it found me. The New York Times told my story. In the weeks that followed, dozens of strangers reached out to me from all across the United States. At my high school, I began receiving handwritten letters of encouragement. Strangers showed up bearing clothes, books, and even hugs. Since the article mentioned I was applying to Harvard, one woman knitted a blanket for me. She attached this note to the box it was posted in: "It gets cold in those dorms. May you warm yourself knowing that people care about you".
With the help of these people, my life today bears no resemblance at all to my life then. I graduated not only from high school but also from Harvard University.
Before these people — some of them nameless— I just didn't realize how good people could be. But now I do, and I can say that the people who helped me have forever changed me. They are the reason behind my decision to join the board at the Door so that I can be part of a small team of people opening a high school for homeless teenagers .They are the reason I dedicate my life to opening pathways for others. And they are the reason I travel around the world helping people transform their own lives.
【小题1】According to the passage, the author______________.
| A．tried to change her life |
| B．often slept m friends’ homes |
| C．felt lonely because of her illness |
| D．felt quite desperate for her father |
| A．It helps the homeless teenagers. |
| B．It is an organization seeking profits. |
| C．It provides entertainment for children. |
| D．It reports the stories about the homeless. |
| A．how the author applies to Harvard |
| B．how the author struggles for her ideal |
| C．how The New York Times helps the author |
| D．how people help the author in different ways |
a. The newspaper reported her story.
b. She graduated from Harvard University.
c. She slept on the cold floor at night.
d. She joined the committee at the Door.
e. Her mother died from the illness.
| A．d→e→c→a→b | B．e→c→d→a→b |
| C．e→c→a→b→d | D．b→c→d→e→a |
| A．Patience is a virtue. |
| B．Love can be passed on. |
| C．Time waits for no man. |
| D．Honesty leads to success. |
Most people are _____ bringing down the price of housing because it’s too high for them.
- A.in favor of
- B.in honor of
- C.in search of
- D.in charge of
When your kids were six or seven, you sent them to school. Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher's __36__ as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder what the teacher __37__ from you，the parents?
Parents can be __38__ or suspicious. They can be of great help to the teacher __39__ be in need of help themselves. Some teachers think parents are too __40__ on their children. Here is __41__ one teacher puts it.
“I usually have the __42__ of parents coming in and __43__ me how much they care about the kids' education and how they really __44__ their kids. They tell me they stand and __45__ them closely when they do their homework. Sometimes they __46__ offer help with the kids' lessons as if they were teachers. They check their school work, and are too sensitive to __47__. They blame the kids on everything having to do __48__ school. When a parent asks me how his or her kid is getting on in my class, my answer usually is‘Well, you know，he is __49__ a good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you don't have to be so __50__ with your kid.’”
Teachers want parents to know that they are professionals at __51__ with children. They have __52__ many children and even parents. Because of this, teachers can be __53__ at educating children. Teachers are __54__ that parents want their children to do well, but they know more about what children should be able to do at different ages and __55__.
36．A.heart B．mind C．soul D．spirit
37．A.reflects B．results C．benefits D．expects
38．A.effective B．attentive C．supportive D．positive
39．A.but B．or C．thus D．as
40．A.hard B．keen C．dependent D．crazy
41．A.where B．how C．when D．why
42．A.problems B．contracts C．accidents D．agreements
43．A.advising B．examining C．telling D．instructing
44．A.help with B．deal with C．make up D．give up
45．A.connect B．guide C．watch D．inspire
46．A.even B．already C．still D．merely
47．A.marks B．efforts C．pains D．words
48．A.at B．beyond C．in D．with
49．A.nearly B．really C．seldom D．hardly
50．A.satisfied B．careful C．strict D．cautious
51．A.working B．playing C．staying D．joking
52．A.fed B．observed C．attended D．greeted
53．A.pleased B．worried C．disappointed D．experienced
54．A.content B．doubtful C．aware D．suspicious
55．A.stages B．classes C．schools D．projects
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We rented our upstairs rooms to the out-of-town patients of Johns Hopkins Hospital. One evening, a bad-looking man, who was even shorter than my 8-year-old son, knocked at the door; 36 , his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good 37 . I come to see if you’ve a room. I came for (a) 38 this morning from the eastern shore”.
He told me he’d been 39 a room since noon but with no 40 ; no one seemed to have one. “I guess it’s my 41 face…” I know why they 42 him away! It was clear that they would 43 roomers by putting up such people. For a moment, I 44 , but his next words convinced me, “I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch(门廊). My 45 leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch.
He told me he fished for a living to 46 his daughter, her five children and her husband, who was 47 in a terrible accident so that he couldn’t work. He didn’t tell it by way of 48 ; in fact, he was grateful that no pain 49 his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the 50 to keep going. The next morning, the bed linen was 51 folded and the little man thanked me and waited for his bus.
Three months later when I almost 52 the man, we received packages in the 53 , with fish and oysters in it and a note 54 , “Thank you for having kept my father a night. He just 55 because of skin cancer. Before his death, he asked me to post these as gifts. Thank you again, sir.” All this happened long ago — and now, I imagined, in God’s garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand.
36. A. otherwise B. though C. however D. unless
37. A. luck B. evening C. job D. morning
38. A. treatment B. travel C. meeting D. prayer
39. A. dealing with B. dreaming of C. hunting for D. living with
40. A. money B. patience C. success D. help
41. A. serious B. terrible C. happy D. long
42. A. took B. sent C. drove D. turned
43. A. lose B. discourage C. impress D. attract
44. A. doubted B. believed C. wondered D. hesitated
45. A. doctor B. bus C. daughter D. graduation
46. A. educate B. support C. encourage D. protect
47. A. unfriendly B. ugly C. sad D. disabled
48. A. complaint B. inspiration C. humor D. joke
49. A. removed B. accompanied C. avoided D. suffered
50. A. fantasy B. time C. disease D. strength
51. A. formally B. expectedly C. neatly D. messily
52. A. forgot B. missed C. called D. forgave
53. A. hospital B. envelope C. air D. mail
54. A. reading B. writing C. speaking D. drawing
55. A. gave up B. stayed out C. passed away D. lay down