题目内容
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go.With life moving along, I have come to 1 it the hard way.
I began my 2 life when I was 18.Since then, I 3 each minute to achieve my goals.I always thought whatever I desired, it could all be 4 Luckily I got a good job, got married happily and had our 3 clever children.I had just 5 the wonders of life.Then I came to the point where I had to gather my 6 to accept so many unpleasant facts.My children left me one after 7 just like me in my teens.My parents 8 one day.I suffered a serious heart attack and had to be in 9 in the hospital.It was hard for me to face the blows in a row.
One morning I had to have some medical tests.The medical 10 was located in a building at the 11 end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the 12 .As I entered the yard, the 13 hit me.Just the light of the sun, 14 how beautiful it was! I looked around to see whether anyone else was 15 the sun's golden light.Everyone was hurrying with eyes fixed on the 16 . Then I 17 how often I also had been addicted to the petty (琐事)of each day and ignored (忽视) the beauty life gave us, which we realized 18 when there was no more.
This is not a(n) 19 lesson to learn because it is the second side of life.We should hold fast to life and learn how to let go as well.Let's be aware that life itself is precious although we must accept our 20 at times.
1.A.consider B.learn C.question D.see
2.A.free B.fast C.comfortable D.independent
3.A.planned B.spared C.seized D.let go
4.A.available B.valuable C.suitable D.acceptable
5.A.created B.sought C.tasted D.found
6.A.curiosity B.courage C.mind D.patience
7.A.one B.others C.the others D.another
8.A.broke down B.broke out C.passed away D.passed by
9.A.care B.comfort C.trouble D.peace
10.A.test B.class C.equipment D.treatment
11.A.next B.nearby C.middle D.opposite
12.A.yard B.passage C.entrance D.building
13.A.doctor B.nurse C.sunlight D.machine
14.A.yet B.so C.because D.though
15.A.searching B.enjoying C.avoiding D.hating
16.A.sky B.watch C.sunlight D.ground
17.A.remembered B.recognized C.admitted D.supposed
18.A.even B.exactly C.only D.hardly
19.A.hard B.general C.effective D.easy
20.A.losses B.possessions C.damage D.health
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I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before.
I had seen Mikey himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. If I were to deal with them, I’d be busy 24 hours a day. The forged excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The writers of those notes didn’t realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull: “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn’t go off.”
Isn’t it remarkable, I thought, how the students complained and said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject? But when they produced excuse notes, they were brilliant.
So one day I typed out a dozen excuse notes and gave them to my classes. I said, “They’re supposed to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Mikey?” The students looked at me nervously.
“Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note --- the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You’re so lucky to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a subject worthy of study. ”
Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your imaginations. So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam to God’ or ‘An Excuse Note from Eve to God’.” Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. For the first time ever I saw students so careful in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.
The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said, “I’d like you to see me in my office.”
When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you. ”
【小题1】What did the author do with the students found dishonest?
| A.He reported them to the headmaster. | B.He lectured them hard on honesty. |
| C.He had them take notes before lunch. | D.He helped improve their writing skills. |
| A.less impressive | B.less convincing | C.worse written | D.more imaginative |
| A.the importance of being honest | B.how to be creative in writing |
| C.the pleasure of creative writing | D.how to write excuse notes skillfully |
| A.false | B.copied | C.former | D.honest |
| A.Misleading. | B.Difficult | C.Effective. | D.Reasonable. |
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We recently treated our new-adult son and his girlfriend to a seafood feast, near Cocoa Beach, Florida. Our server, a grandmotherly woman skilled in the art of___36_____, flew around the ___37_____juggling dishes and drinks while treating customers as individuals. She remembered their ____38_____tastes likes and dislikes –all of which she’d learned after only the briefest ____39_____.
At the end of the meal, she presented the bill, and then went to____40_____ the growing crowd of other dinners. My husband ___41____with a credit card, added her___42____, and we were off.
“Mr. Goldsmith!” our waitress ran out of the dining room waving a receipt at him, “Thank you.”
He looked at her as though he didn’t __43_____. We’ve all seen that universal___44___ of confusion—eyebrows drawn together and head cocked to one side
“What did you give her?” I asked in a stage whisper, ____45___if he had done something __46___ or made a calculation error.
“Wow, Dad,” our son said, ___47___like an awestruck 10 –year-old. “I’ve never seen a waitress ____48____anyone out of the restaurant to say ‘thank you’ for the tip.
“She gave us great service. I just thought she deserved a little bump __49_____ what I usually give.”
It wasn’t until later, when I accidentally heard our ___50____retelling the story of the ___51___waitress, that I realized she had given my family something___52___ a “thank you”. She showed our son the importance of ___53_____hard work and the rewarding sound of “thank you”. Her show of thanks helped a dad earn a bit more ___54___from a loving son. And it reminded me just why I ___55____this thoughtful, caring man.
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A. |
painting |
B. |
smiling |
C. |
cooking |
D. |
serving |
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2.
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A. |
restaurant |
B. |
sky |
C. |
corner |
D. |
table |
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3.
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A. |
common |
B. |
special |
C. |
considerable |
D. |
delicious |
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4.
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A. |
argument |
B. |
discussion |
C. |
conversations |
D. |
debate |
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5.
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A. |
attend to |
B. |
look for |
C. |
care for |
D. |
find out |
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6.
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A. |
paid |
B. |
called |
C. |
carried |
D. |
pushed |
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7.
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A. |
advice |
B. |
suggestions |
C. |
tip |
D. |
prize |
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8.
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A. |
doubt |
B. |
suspect |
C. |
happen |
D. |
understand |
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9.
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A. |
feeling |
B. |
look |
C. |
attitude |
D. |
expression |
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10.
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A. |
thinking |
B. |
hoping |
C. |
wondering |
D. |
expecting |
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11.
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A. |
unreasonable |
B. |
appropriate |
C. |
unfair |
D. |
helpful |
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12.
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A. |
looking |
B. |
sounding |
C. |
doing |
D. |
imagining |
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13.
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A. |
help |
B. |
keep |
C. |
drive |
D. |
follow |
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14.
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A. |
except |
B. |
below |
C. |
above |
D. |
within |
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15.
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son |
B. |
friend |
C. |
colleague |
D. |
parent |
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16.
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excellent |
B. |
skilled |
C. |
generous |
D. |
grateful |
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17.
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rather than |
B. |
more than |
C. |
less than |
D. |
no more than |
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18.
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A. |
devoting |
B. |
remembering |
C. |
acknowledging |
D. |
ignoring |
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19.
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A. |
respect |
B. |
sympathy |
C. |
thanks |
D. |
satisfactory |
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20.
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A. |
trained |
B. |
refused |
C. |
left |
D. |
married |
Jones worked so hard that made the sparks fly from his hammer.The son of Mr.Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith and he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked."Why don't you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks?" said the blacksmith."Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you." The lazy boy began to see what he could do.But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr.Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods.He had to leave home and was forced to take up residence in another country.It so happened that in this village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes.
Young Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers.He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop.The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer."How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune.My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches."
1.From Paragraph 1 we can refer that _______
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A.Jones was a blacksmith from another country |
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B.Old Smith wanted his son to learn skill from Jones |
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C.Young Smith was too lazy to learn to make shoe tacks |
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D.Young Smith was good at making shoe tacks by accident |
2.The reason why young Smith was forced to leave his home town is that ______
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A.he was lazy and wasted all the money from his father |
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B.the price of shoe tacks in another country was high |
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C.his father died and left nothing for him |
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D.there was a terrible which broke his peace |
3.We can learn from the last paragraph that Young Smith _______
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A.made a living in the village by selling bread |
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B.worked in the workshop as a shoemakers |
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C.was good at making soldier shoes |
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D.lived a better life in the village than before |
4.Which of the following well-known sayings can best tell the main idea of the passage?
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A.Knowledge is no burden. |
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B.Where there’s a will, there’s a way. |
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C.You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. |
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D.Time lost cannot be recalled. |