阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21-30 各题所给的四个选项(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 clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my __21__, it was the same score. Later that evening, I __22__ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our son much better than an IQ(智商) test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a __23___ and we should treat him naturally as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and he got _24 _ grades in Concordia High school, especially _25_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort. Michael entered Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _26_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
After the graduation ceremony, we told Michael about the low IQ score he got when he was six. Interestingly, Michael then _27_ another IQ test. We went to the same cliniche had received the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _28._.
Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_ 29_ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ __30_”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.
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We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are , one by one. “There is my grandmother's house,” I say, pointing across the bay to a old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her and retracing (追溯) memory for me. Lise was one of the children, moved from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors for 200 years.
We soon by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories rushing back, swift as the tide.
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the where I was once so gloriously a child. It is still owned by a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk through the rooms in memory. Here, my mother in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being with them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise attentively as I talk and then says, “So this is where I began; where I belong.”
She has her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human . To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need that origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or .
A.appearing B.moving C.exposing D.expanding
A.haunted B.shabby C.fancy D.modern
A.shared B.short C.fresh D.treasured
A.gossip B.flexible C.mobile D.skillful
A.home B.duty C.reality D.relief
A.built B.lived C.remained D.explored
A.catch up B.pull up C.step down D.come down
A.yard B.village C.room D.house
A.lay B.played C.sat D.stood
A.marching B.looking C.breaking D.pouring
A.wonders B.listens C.reacts D.agrees
A.deepened B.recognized C.accepted D.found
A.heart B.rights C.interest D.behaviors
A.meaning B.expression C.connection D.background
A.theory B.dream C.memory D.fiction
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year my mother from stroke(中风)and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no what I could do to help her to relieve her . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I a precious watch,which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt about the loss.
There have been many like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things I read“If You Have a Lemon,Make a Lemonade" by American writer Dale Carnegie.“When the wise man is handed a lemon,he says,‘What can I get from this? Howcan I my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’”he wrote.
I suddenly that life is full of ups and downs,so I need to stay all the time.
Now when I think of my past,I wish I could have handled things .When my mother was fighting for ,I should have held her hands in mine,telling her things would get better instead of and crying.
Several weeks ago,I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't a prize. If
I had not this article,I would definitely have felt again. But instead,I smiled
after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage .
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺)as well,but these thorns help us Become and strong. When life us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
A.resulted B.suffered C.survived D.escaped
A.hope B.wonder C.idea D.doubt
A.pain B.anxiety C.fear D.pressure
A.received B.sold C.fixed D.lost
A.unbelievable B.shameful C.angry D.terrible
A.diseases B.memories C.incidents D.difficulties
A.when B.until C.though D.since
A.lesson B.lemonade C.decision D.challenge
A.control B.accept C.improve D.avoid
A.realized B.thought C.discovered D.predicted
A.healthy B.independent C.serious D.positive
A.exactly B.differently C.easily D.practically
A.recovery B.life C.freedom D.happiness
A.shouting B.hiding C.quarreling D.regretting
A.expect B.miss C.win D.refuse
A.figured out B.written down C.found out D.come across
A.embarrassed B.discouraged C.excited D.concerned
A.performance B.experience C.progress D.effect
A.brave B.calm C.great D.clever
A.shows B.makes C.gives D.sends
Anna Douglas was 72 year old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep . She was even willing to work without pay. She then found a job with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she with other old folks like her. By talking with them, she two things. Old people had abilities that were not . But old people also had some -- mostly problems with communication.
She found a new purpose for herself then. Through the years, from time to time, she had stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called ‘Sixty Plus”, which focused on old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being .
Anna Douglas uses her ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reason problems begin. For example, one of her said that his grandchildren the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It’s important to know about your grandchildren’s world,” says Mrs. Douglas, “That means questioning and listening -- and is not what old people do best.” she continues, “Say good things to them and about them. Never your grandchildren or other young people. Don’t them your opinion. Don’t tell them what they should do. They have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them .”
A.free B.rich C.powerful D.busy
A.volunteer B.well-paid C.part-time D.full-time
A.lived B.talked C.helped D.played
A.recognized B.followed C.enjoyed D.demanded
A.studied B.agreed C.round D.used
A.mistakes B.problems C.questions D.characters
A.had B.found C.read D.written
A.subject B.life C.way D.plan
A.getting B.respecting C.employing D.supporting
A.Unknown B.refused C.misunderstood D.discouraged
A.thinking B.working C.teaching D.leading
A.that B.when C.why D.whether
A.visitors B.readers C.listeners D.friends
A.cleared B.entered C.left D.p assed
A.invented B.chose C.suggested D.imagined
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
A.listening B.speaking C.pleasing D.advising
A.praise B.scold C.trouble D.encourage
A.speak B.take C.get D.give
A.as well B.so much C.either D.Instead
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Is the world really going mad? _____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly _____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for _____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of _____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
A.The other B.Another C.Every D.Each
A.asking for B.drinking C.having D.buying
A.seemed B.struck C.sank D.showed
A.ago B.after C.before D.now
A.full B.filled C.crowed D.parked
A.promise B.help C.suggestion D.permission
A.standing B.sitting C.talking D.dying
A.thinking B.persuading C.deciding D.learning
A.suffering B.dying C.walking D.standing
A.increase B.reduce C.improve D.raise
A.wash B.repair C.drive D.leave
A.sick B.tired C.foolish D.excited
A.on B.at C.from D.for
A.discussion B.question C.pollution D.operation
A.but B.yet C.still D.and
A.work B.construction C.building D.setting
A.life B.mind C.human being D.plants
A.see B.start C.enjoy D.pay
A.few B.any C.more D.no
A.situation B.states C.soils D.Places
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard the young voice.
“Mom, come here! There’s this lady here like my !” The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to . I smiled and told her: “It’s okay.” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, I’m Darry Kramer. How are you?”
He me from head to toe, and asked: “Are you a little ? “Yes, I have a son,” I answered. “Why are you so little?” he asked.
“It’s the way I was ,” I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s hand, and left.
My life as a little person is filled with like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my . I stand 114 cm tall. I was born a dwarf(侏儒). this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn’t how short I was until I started school. Some kids laughed at me. Then I began to the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and the fact that I was going to be my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I in personality.
I’m 47 now, and the stares have not as I've grown older. People are when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are , I remind myself: “Look what else I have—a great family, nice friends.”
It’s the children's questions that make my life . I enjoy answering their questions. My is that people will accept various peers(同龄人), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with .
A.weight B.size C.shape D.age
A.scold B.explain C.apologize D.respond
A.studied B.searched C.inspected D.checked
A.lady B.mommy C.person D.kid
A.raised B.taught C.treated D.born
A.excuses B.pains C.stares D.stories
A.shortcomings B.strangeness C.uniqueness D.shyness
A.Besides B.Despite C.Except D.Beyond
A.admit B.care C.fear D.realize
A.hate B.tolerate C.forget D.ignore
A.determined B.struggled C.managed D.learned
A.refuse B.enjoy C.consider D.accept
A.exposed B.pitied C.noticed D.avoided
A.made up for B.ended up with C.caught up with D.made use of
A.increased B.decreased C.improved D.changed
A.scared B.satisfied C.amazed D.puzzled
A.rude B.curious C.regretful D.cruel
A.disappointing B.meaningless C.embarrassing D.special
A.promise B.suggestion C.hope D.advantage
A.respect B.courage C.pity D.pride