题目内容
___????__ herself to science, the great scientist took little notice _____ the honors given to her.
A.Devoted, of B.Devoting, of
C.Devoted, about D.Devoting, about
B
解析:
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As I was leaving to meet Lynne,my roommate told me that I’d better take some money,but I didn’t listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me.
I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time. I’d been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant and a waitress came and took our order. The dinner was a great success. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waitress finally came and asked if we wanted one check or two. Lynne said two. We went to the cashier and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed (尴尬) when the cashier gave me my bill. I had no money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I pretended to look for something in my pockets and said,“Oh!I forgot my money! Can I call my roommate,please?” The cashier showed me where the phone was and I quickly called my roommate.
In a few minutes he arrived with some money,but he couldn’t hide how he felt. He laughed all the way home.
Now,I think it’s funny too. But at the time I was terribly embarrassed. I thought that an invitation to have dinner meant the same thing in the United States as in my country. I guess you have to understand that your customs(习俗) are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country,you have to learn about their customs,too.
【小题1】Customs can be ________in different countries according to this passage.
| A.close to each other | B.entirely different | C.quite the same | D.very similar |
| A.invite Lynne to dinner | B.pay for the table |
| C.share the cost of the meal | D.pay for the restaurant |
| A.shared a successful dinner | B.had a talk for three hours |
| C.traveled to Saudi Arabia together | D.enjoyed their meal without talking |
| A.Because she thought it was natural for people to pay their own check. |
| B.Because she didn’t have the meal. |
| C.Because she wanted to embarrass the writer. |
| D.Because she didn’t have enough money with her. |
| A.was embarrassed when he couldn’t pay his breakfast |
| B.would not listen to him when he left the house |
| C.telephoned him to bring some books to him |
| D.hadn’t told Lynne the truth |
Deciding which English-speaking country to study in wasn’t difficult for Ann; She had always wanted to visit America. “I wanted to study in an English-language country and I always wanted to visit America because it always seemed to me a very beautiful and friendly country.” Ann is more than happy with the quality of the education she is receiving in America, particularly with the subjects and strong academic support.“ I am very happy with the quality of education I am receiving. All my subjects are useful and connected. I am happy with help I receive from the lecturers and tutors.”
Also of particular satisfaction for Ann is the practical element of her American course. “I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work.”
Where her future employment is concerned, Ann is very confident her American qualification will be of great help. “I know that getting a degree here is a good thing for my future; it can open many doors in Poland or anywhere else in the world.”
Ann is also really enjoying life in America; She is making friends and taking time out to enjoy herself. “People are very friendly and helpful. University is a good place to find new friends from America and from overseas. It is a friendly environment with lots of things to do, not only studying. And of course there are the beaches, not to mention the beautiful weather.”
【小题1】The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.
| A.tell us Ann’s decision to settle in America |
| B.tell us Ann is accustomed to life in America |
| C.introduce Ann’s happy study and life in America |
| D.introduce more about Ann to help her make friends |
| A.Her parents persuaded her to do so. |
| B.She has relatives and best friends here. |
| C.Her boyfriend was studying here too then. |
| D.She has dreamed of studying here for long. |
| A.The comfortable climate and easy lifestyle. |
| B.The help from her host families and teachers. |
| C.The American courses have more practical elements. |
| D.The friends here are mostly from English-speaking countries. |
When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard:The Liz Murray Story” , shown in late April.
Liz Murray , a 22-- year-- old American girl, has been writing a real--life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug--addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, My understanding was that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that "next to nothing could hold me down". She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. "I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time."
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is "as simple as making a decision".
【小题1】 The word “setback” in the first paragraph most probably means___________?
| A.danger | B.difficulty | C.unhappiness | D.disaster |
| A.Liz’s Harvard Dream | B.Bitter Childhood of Liz |
| C.Liz’s Love for Her Parents | D.Liz’s Struggle for Her Life |
| A.Her parents’ addiction to drugs | B.Her mother’ s disease |
| C.Lack of food and clothes | D.Her mother’ s death |
| A.strong-- willed | B.envious | C.determined | D.respectful |