题目内容
It was 11:30 in the evening. A ___1___ American lady of about seventy was standing on the side of an Alabama ___2___ trying to bear a pouring rainstorm. Her car had ___3___ and at the moment she ___4___ needed a ride. Wet to the skin, she decided to flag down the next ___5___. A young white man stopped to help her—generally unheard ___6___ in those conflict-filled(矛盾冲突) 1960s. The man ___7___ her to safety in his car, and ___8___ a taxicab(a kind of car)for her. She seemed to be in a great ___9___. She wrote down his ___10___, thanked him and drove away. Several days went by and a ___11___ came on the man’s door. To his ___12___, a very big color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was ___13___ to it. It read: “ Dear sir, thank you so much for assisting a(an) ___14___ colored woman on the freeway ___15___ night, The rain ___16___ wet all over not only my clothes ___17___ my spirits. Then you ___18___ along. Because of you, I was ___19___ to make it to my dying husband’s bedside just ___20___ he passed away. God bless you for helping me and kindly serving others. Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole.
1. A. black B. white C. poor D. sick
2. A. railway B. freeway C. street D. avenue
3. A. broken up B. speeded up C. broken down D. slowed down
4. A. seriously B. badly C. fairly D. probably
5. A. bus B. truck C. taxi D. car
6. A. from B. by C. before D. of
7. A. put B. led C. fetched D. took
8. A. hired B. took C. sent D. asked
9. A. need B. help C. hurry D. trouble
10. A. address B. number C. name D. words
11. A. lady B. salesman C. letter D. knock
12. A. surprise B. delight C. joy D. satisfaction
13. A. offered B. given C. stuck D. written
14. A. aged B. dark C. lucky D. unhappy
15. A. another B. the other C. other D. any
16. A. let B. made C. had D. turned
17. A. and B. but C. or D. otherwise
18. A. got B. went C. ran D. came
19. A. able B. ready C. likely D. willing
20. A. after B. before C. until D. since
1-5ABCBD 6-10DDACA 11-15BACBB 16-20BBDAB
解析:
本文主要叙述美国的一个白人青年帮助一个黑人老太太的故事。
1. A。根据下文60年代矛盾冲突(指白人对黑人的种族歧视),下文提到了一个白人青年帮她,因此可判断老太太是“黑人”。
2. B。从第15空前的 freeway 一词可以得出此题答案。
3. C。从下文 she decided to flag down the next car 说明她的车“抛锚”了。
4. B。因为车抛锚了,所以她“非常”需要搭车,只有 badly 符合此意。
5. D。从下文 in his car 得出答案。
6. D。因为是年轻人,对60年代美国种族歧视没有听说过,才伸出援助之手。hear of是“听说”的意思。
7. D。take sb. to some place意为“把某人带到某地”是固定短语。
8. A。因为是出租车,所以要“租赁(雇)”。
9. C。从下文看,她是去看他快要死了的丈夫,所以很“匆忙”。
10. A。从下文可知老太太为了感谢那位白人青年,买了一台电视机给他送去,所以记下的是“地址”,而不是电话号码。
11. B。从老太太留的纸条可知她没有亲自去,因此可以判断是直接让“售货员”把电视机送去的。
12. A。因为他没有买电视机,看到一个售货员送来一台电视机,所以感到“惊奇”。
13. C。因为是纸条,所以判断是“贴”(stick)在电视机上。
14. B。根据第一空已经得出答案是一位黑人妇女,因此选 dark。
15. B。从上下文的时间判断,是“几天前的一个夜晚”。
16. B。因为后面是形容词 wet 使浑身都湿了用 make,turn也可以跟形容词,是表示变化,不符句意。
17. B。not only…but(also) 是固定搭配。
18. D。从上文可以得知,当老太太的车子抛锚时,那个白人青年及时地出现在她跟前,并给予了帮助。
19. A。根据下文表示“能”使她及时赶到她快要死了的丈夫跟前(be able to do sth表示通过努力才能实现的动作),其余不符句意。
20. B。因为老太太得到了青年的帮助,才使她在她丈夫死之前赶到。
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. |