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The Brick

  

  About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was travelling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit fast in his 1 car.

  He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars. 2 his car passed, no child rushed out, but a brick did and WHUMP! It 3 his shiny black side door! Josh 4 out of his car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up 5 a parked car. He shouted at the kid,“ 6 was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?”He went on with 7 “That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

  “Please, mister, please…I'm 8 ! I didn't know what else to do!” 9 the youngster.“I threw the brick 10 no one else would stop!”Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he 11 around the parked car.“It's my brother, mister,”he said.“He rolled 12 the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't 13 him up.”Sobbing, the boy asked the manager,“Would you please help me get him 14 into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”

15   beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief 16 wiped the cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then 17 the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

  

  It was a long and slow walk back to his expensive car. Josh 18 did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the damage to 19 him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Pay 20 to the bricks of life coming at to you.

  

(1) Aold

  
  

Bexpensive

  
  

Csecondhand

  
  

Dslow

  
  

(2) ASince

  
  

BAfter

  
  

CAs

  
  

DSo  long as

  
  

(3) Astruck

  
  

Bdestroyed

  
  

Cwiped

  
  

Dharmed

  
  

(4) Aclimbed

  
  

Bstepped

  
  

Cgot

  
  

Djumped

  
  

(5) Aagainst

  
  

Bon

  
  

Cwith

  
  

Dtoward

  
  

(6) AHow

  
  

BWhy

  
CWhen   

DWhat

  
  

(7) Aeagerness

  
  

Banger

  
Cpunishment  

Ddispleasure

  

(8) Adiscouraged

  
  

Bdisappointed

  
Csorry  

Dhopeless

  

(9) AExplained

  
  

BCried

  
CShouted  

DAdded

  

(10) Auntil

  
  

Bif

  
  

Cbefore

  
  

Dbecause

  
  

(11) Ahid

  
  

Bpointed

  
  

Cran

  
  

Dsearched

  
  

(12) Afar

  
  

Baway

  
  

Coff

  
  

Donto

  
  

(13) Alift

  
  

Braise

  
  

Chold

  
  

Dpick

  
  

(14) Aover

  
  

Bup

  
  

Cdown

  
 

Dback

  

(15AEncouraged

  
  

BMoved

  
CExcited  

DFrightened

  

(16) Aso

  
  

Bbut

  
  

Cand

  
  

Dor

  
  

(17) Awatched

  
  

Bnoticed

  
  

Csaw

  
  

Dobserved

  
  

(18) Aever

  
  

Bseldom

  
  

Chardly

  
  

Dnever

  
  

(19) Arequire

  
  

Bremind

  
  

Cwarn

  
  

Dkeep

  
  

(20) Alove

  
  

Bturn

  
  

Cattention

  
  

Drespect

  

 

  A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess(女家庭教师)Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ”I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”
  “Forty.”
  “No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...”
  “Two months and five days.”
  “Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but - not a word.
  “Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct?”
  Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but - still not a word.
  “Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect (疏忽), Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”
  “You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia.
  “But I made a note of it.”
  “Well... if you say so.”
  “Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”
  Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!
  “Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”
  “Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is !”
  I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.
  “Merci (法语: 谢谢),”she whispered.
  I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this - ‘merci’?” I asked.
  “For the money. ”
  “But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you ! I have actually stolen from you ! Why this‘merci’?”
  “In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”
  “They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless (懦弱)?Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws(爪)―to be such a fool?”
  Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.”
  I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world !”


  63.While talking to Julia, the wrier expected from her ________.
  A. a protest             B. gratitude
  C. obedience           D. an explanation
  64.What shocked the writer was Julia’s ________.
  A. nervousness in front of her boss
  B. acceptance of injustice
  C. shyness when talking about money
  D. reluctance to express herself
  65.The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?” He was actually telling the governess ________.
  A. to be more aggressive
  B. to be more careful in her work
  C. to protect her right
  D. to live independently
  66.At the end of the story, the writer said,“ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”to show ________.
  A. his understanding of Julia’s anxiety
  B. his worry about Julia’s future
  C. his concern on the living condition of working - class people
  D. his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited
  67.From the story, we can tell that Julia’s employer was ________.
  A. greedy but honest
  B. ill - tempered but warm - hearted
  C. strict but forgiving
  D. none of the above

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳 选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to ______a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to______him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the ______time I had let such moment pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked ______ the steps of the bus and disappeared ii\side. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar . ______ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him ______and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words        me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those  ______opportunities. How many times have I let such moments______ ? I don't ^nd a quiet moment to tell him what they have ______to me, or, in the years ahead what he might ______to face. Maybe, I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?
______ as I stood before-Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always ______ never in all my life hearing him put his feelings into ______ . Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tightien. Why was it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry,and 1 knew I would he able to get______ only a few words clearly. "Daniel,‘' I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked von." That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the
world ______ , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, hut tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All 1 was______of was the stubble (短须)on his chin as his ______pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was ______ . It was nothing. And yet, it.was everything.

【小题1】
A.experienceB.exj>ressC.spendD.shape
【小题2】
A.showB.sayC.leaveD.talk
【小题3】
A.lastB.firstC.secondD.next
【小题4】
A.awayB.intoC.downD.up
【小题5】
A.signB.sceneC.sceneryD.sight
【小题6】
A.interestB.instructionC.courageD.direction
【小题7】
A.failedB.discouragedC.struckD.troubled
【小题8】
A.missedB.embarrassedC.goneD.lost
【小题9】
A.lastB.passC.stayD.remain
【小题10】
A.countedB.meantC.valuedD.earned
【小题11】
A.thinkB.wantC.expectD.wish
【小题12】
A.ButB.AndC.InsteadD.So
【小题13】
A.wonderedB.regrettedC.mindedD.tried
【小题14】
A.argumentsB.attitudesC.wordsD.works
【小题15】
A.importantB.essentialC.hardD.complex
【小题16】
A.inB.downC.backD.out
【小题17】
A.disappearedB.changedC.progressedD.advanced
【小题18】
A.sensitiveB.convincedC.awareD.tired
【小题19】
A.eyeB.faceC.noseD.forehead
【小题20】
A.clumsyB.gentleC.ridiculousD.fluent


第三部分阅读(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Immediately I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the streets to try my luck. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely spot, feeling as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a try.
I felt tense and nervous. One moment I was part of the hurrying crowds, the next I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the pavement before me, the violin under my chin.
The first notes I played were loud and raw, then they settled down and began to run more smoothly. To my surprise I was neither caught nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all. Then an old man without stopping secretly threw a penny into my hat, as if getting rid of some guilty evidence.
Other pennies followed, slowly but steadily, dropped by shadows who appeared not to see or hear me. It seemed too easy, like a secret trick.
I worked there for several days, gradually getting the truths of the trade by trial and error(反复试验).It was not a good thing, for example, to let the hat fill up with money; nor was it wise to empty it completely. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a regular rule.
41.When he first began to play the violin, he expected           .
A.to get into trouble                                                               B.to play better than he did
C.people to stop and listen to him             D.to be told to move somewhere else
42.The first man who gave him money           .
A.was too busy to stop                            B.wanted to get rid of him               
C.dropped the money by mistake              D.did not want to attract attention
43.He gradually became confident that day because           .
A.nobody looked at him                          B.he played the violin very well       
C.people continued to give him money      D.he earned a lot of money
44.On the following days, he           .
A.made a lot of mistakes                         B.learned how to do the job better    
C.get better at playing the violin               D.did not make so much money
45.He found that the best way of encouraging people to give him money was to          .
A.play in different streets                        B.leave all the money in the hat        
C.empty the hat at regular times               D.leave a small amount of money in the hat

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳 选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 1.______a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to 2.______him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 3.______time I had let such moment pass.

When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked 4.______ the steps of the bus and disappeared ii\side. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar .5.______ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 6. ______and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words 7. me.

Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those 8. ______opportunities. How many times have I let such moments 9.______ ? I don't ^nd a quiet moment to tell him what they have 10. ______to me, or, in the years ahead what he might 11. ______to face. Maybe, I thought it was not necessary to say anything.

What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?

12.______ as I stood before-Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always 13.______ never in all my life hearing him put his feelings into 14.______ . Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tightien. Why was it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?

My mouth turned dry, and 1 knew I would he able to get______15. only a few words clearly. "Daniel,‘' I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked von." That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the

world 16.______ , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, hut tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All 1 was______17.of was the stubble (短须)on his chin as his 18. ______pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was 19.______ . It was nothing. And yet, it. was everything.

20.

A. experience

B. exj>ress

C.spend

D. shape

21.

A.show

B. say

C. leave

D. talk

22.

A. last

B. first

C. second

 D. next

23.

A. away

B. into

C. down

D. up

24.

A, sign

B.scene

C. scenery

D. sight

25.

A. interest

B. instruction

C. courage

D. direction

26.

A. failed

B. discouraged

C. struck

D. troubled

27.

A. missed

B. embarrassed

C. gone

D. lost

28.

A. last

B. pass

C. stay

D. remain

29.

A. counted

B. meant

C. valued

D. earned

30.

A. think

B. want

C. expect

D. wish

31.

A.But

B. And

C. Instead

D. So

32.

A. wondered

B. regretted

C. minded

D. tried

33.

A. arguments

B. attitudes

C. words

D. works

34.

A. important

B. essential

C. hard

D. complex

35.

A. in

B. down

C. back

D. out

36.

A. disappeared

B. changed

C. progressed

D. advanced

37.

A. sensitive

B. convinced

C. aware

D. tired

38.

A. eye

B. face

C. nose

D. forehead

39.

A. clumsy

B. gentle

C. ridiculous

D. fluent

 

 

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