阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a recent airing of "Unsolved Mysteries", there was a young boy who was the victim of the holocaust(大屠杀).He'd been in a work camp for several years and somehow had managed to survive the of his imprisonment.
The story was of a boy - now in his sixties - and his quest to find an American soldier who had a kindness to him by some food. It might seem ,but to this child, who had seen nothing but and inhumanity for as long as he could remember, it was a that marked a turning point in his life, for he had lost hope .When he was liberated by the American forces, he was dying. He, needed food. As he was staggering along the road a young soldier down from his tank and gave him some of his supplies. With this one act of generosity, a kind American had aroused the again that there really was some good in the world. And the boy never it. The boy later went to America, raised a family, became successful and worked hard to repay the he had received with his own.
Actually there were so many similar acts of generosity that it would be almost impossible to know for sure who the soldier was.
We all have a choice: to create more light in the world. As Confucius it over 2500 years ago, "It is better to light one small candle than to the darkness."
As the story above so nicely small gestures can often generate huge blessings. If we're constantly looking for and doing kind acts, we will no doubt bring more joy into the world around us as well as into our own world!
A.stationed B.placed C.distributed D.treated
A.horror B.embarrassment C.relief D.annoyance
A.held on B.agreed on C.focused on D.passed on
A.guaranteeing B.offering C.presenting D.contributing
A.unbelievable B.troublesome C.insignificant D.convenient
A.difficulty B.curiosity C.sympathy D.cruelty
A.wave B.fate C.gesture D.duty
A.highly B.mostly C.hopefully. D.badly
A.moved B.jumped C.turned D.dashed
A.honesty B.loyalty C.trust D.belief
A.forgot B.remembered C.delivered. D.reflected
A.food B.mercy C.kindness D.credit
A.made B.put C.took D.got
A.curse B.pray C.swear D.appreciate
A.declares B.argues C.illustrates D.expands
阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55题中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案,使短文句意通顺,符合逻辑,并把答案填在在答题卡内。
Once there were two men, who lived in the same hospital room. One man’s bed was next to the room's only window. _____ , the other man, since his illness was more _____, had to spend all his time in bed. When the man in the bed by the window could _____ up, he would tell his roommate all the things he could see _____ the window. He said the window ______ a park with a lovely _____. Ducks played on the _____ while children sailed their model boats. Old trees grew and beautiful flowers were in bloom. What a fine _____! The man in the other bed would be _____ by the beautiful colors of the world outside.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse found the man by the window had _____ peacefully in his sleep. She called the hospital attendants to take the body _____. As everything was done, the other man asked if he could be _____ next to the window. The nurse said OK and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him _____ .
Slowly and painfully, he tried to take his __ ___ look at the world outside. He thought he would be _____ to see it by himself. But to his surprise, he saw nothing but a white _____. The man asked the nurse ____his roommate _____ to him and said there were wonderful things outside this window. The nurse told him his roommate was blind and could not even _____ the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to _____ you. He only hoped you could live in a colorful world and got better quickly. "
A.Angrily B.Happily C.Surprisingly D.Unluckily
A.common B.serious C.occasional D.light
A.stand B.sit C.jump D.wake
A.across B.outside C.behind D.above
A.built B.stood C.faced D.placed
A.lake B.hill C.house D.tower
A.sand B.grass C.water D.tree
A.look B.sight C.form D.view
A.impressed B.moved C.reminded D.disappointed
A.missed B.come C.died D.passed
A.up B.away C.off D.on
A.lifted B.forced C.brought D.moved
A.alike B.alone C.aloud D.alive
A.single B.last C.first D.only
A.pleased B.sad C.crazy D.excited
A.picture B.wall C.river D.window
A.when B.why C.how D.where
A.led B.got C.lied D.left
A.hear B.touch C.see D.describe
A.surprise B.control C.encourage D.advice
In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine,a was lying on the grass,reading a book with concentration. Near her,another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was with his back against a tree and had a on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was in his task, like the first child.
the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, them, and encouraging their efforts.
I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it to me that a visitor here would have thought he had entered a formal school. He would have been even more if he had been told that the children he was came from different kinds of academic levels.
That has been staying with me ever since. I have been about some problems. Why in many schools are our children asked to acquire skills in a way from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said, “ of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
A.gardener B.child C.teacher D.visitor
A.poor B.little C.complete D.slight
A.sitting B.standing C.sleeping D.listening
A.toy B.pencil C.flower D.notebook
A.laid B.set C.defeated D.lost
A.Over B.Above C.Inside D.Outside
A.ways B.ideas C.opinions D.views
A.referring to B.smiling at C.pointing to D.staring at
A.Unless B.As C.Until D.Before
A.happened B.went C.occurred D.got
A.already B.never C.rather D.ever
A.satisfied B.disappointed C.delighted D.surprised
A.helping B.teaching C.encouraging D.observing
A.scene B.sign C.look D.screen
A.dreaming B.regretting C.wondering D.joking
A.seldom B.hardly C.often D.badly
A.taken B.prevented C.learned D.separated
A.slow B.lively C.lucky D.friendly
A.Much B.Any C.Little D.None
A.turn B.feed C.draw D.base
It’s a sad and familiar voice that we often hear in big cities: “Can you spare some change?”
Usually, when faced with that particular , I have feelings of guilt if I pass by giving a coin or two.
I had that feeling in Venice while on a tour of Italy’s famous sites in 2006. I had taken refuge from the in a quiet café. Outside, there was an old woman kneeling on the hard, ancient paving stones, .
Steady of tourists were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd, drinking in the vistas(景观、景色), but I noticed the young traveler was also the old woman.
A tourist group walked along the street, the woman and walked on. group of tourists arrived and walked past the old lady. The backpacker watched everybody else went on their way, focused on the around them. Then, I was preparing to leave when I caught sight of the backpacker stepping forward and some money in the woman’s cup. He did this somewhat just before the arrival of another tourist group. As I , the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and some more coins to the cup.
His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar-woman, patted her on the shoulder and said, “I hope that a little.”
I don’t know if the woman understood his English or what had just happened, but I did.
I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels, after witnessing such a act of kindness.
A.sound B.question C.excuse D.command
A.beyond B.after C.without D.before
A.many times B.some times C.only once D.once again
A.crowds B.families C.streets D.signs
A.singing B.crying C.begging D.trembling
A.streams B.packs C.masses D.groups
A.simply B.seemingly C.similarly D.specially
A.showing B.following C.checking D.observing
A.glanced at B.laughed at C.rushed at D.stared at
A.One B.More C.Another D.Other
A.if B.since C.because D.as
A.stones B.sights C.signs D.tourists
A.lending B.borrowing C.placing D.taking
A.accidentally B.successfully C.purposefully D.cheerfully
A.watched B.shown C.understood D.walked
A.changed B.charged C.found D.added
A.measures B.helps C.explains D.matters
A.recognized B.caught C.realized D.figured
A.pleasant B.annoyed C.disappointed D.light-hearted
A.beautiful B.smart C.pure D.happy
When I was thirteen, one day my mom told my family that she had to tell us something. So my dad, my brother and I all sat down on the sofa to begin the discussion.You could feel the atmosphere of the room.It was that something was wrong.Then my mom told us that she had been diagnosed (诊断) with a very serious disease.That was when we all had a moment of and cried.
After that my mom started the and had to travel to the hospital every day.After a week, she began to lose her and so she shaved it all off.My mom would always wear bright-colored scarf’s and after a while to buy a wig (假发:).Along with losing her hair she lost all her nails. , I had never seen a desperate look in my mom's eye.I remember one day I went with my mom to the hospital.When we were for her to receive the treatment, we kept telling jokes.We both burst out from time to time.Everyone in the waiting room was so , while we were in the middle of the room, chatting Neither of us cared people thought of us.
After about a year of the treatment, and all the , one day my mom said she wanted to tell us something important.As my mom was about to speak, a smile on her face.At that moment I knew that it was going to be something very She told us that she had recovered! At that moment I down in tears.They were tears of joy.At that moment for the first time in a very long time I had a feeling that everything was going to be .Now two years has passed and my mom is of the disease.I am so happy that I have my mom with me every step of the way.My mom me to value every moment in my life and to remain through thick or thin.She has taught me so much and continues to teach me more.
A.tense B.calm C.friendly D.cold
A.necessary B.common C.obvious D.strange
A.regret B.anger C.sorrow D.hesitation
A.appointment B.treatment C.operation D.observation
A.hair B.weight C.energy D.hope
A.liked B.offered C.decided D.afforded
A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Finally
A.arranging B.waiting C.wishing D.preparing
A.crying B.quarreling C.talking D.laughing
A.down B.over C.out D.off
A.nervously B.curiously C.happily D.gently
A.why B.when C.where D.what
A.pain B.failure C.advice D.love
A.turned B.formed C.changed D.burst
A.attractive B.active C.exciting D.amusing
A.came B.looked C.bent D.broke
A.fair B.clear C.ready D.fine
A.free B.afraid C.aware D.sure
A.asked B.taught C.persuaded D.admitted
A.determined B.modest C.independent D.positive
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的)apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, a bar of chocolate if given the choice, , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(脚尖), as high as he could, but even as his tallest he was unable to touch it. He began to up and down, as high as he could, at the of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he like this, the more unhappy he became.
, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself. This isn’t . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s more I can do to get the apple—that is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
A.preferring B.offering C.receiving D.allowing
A.so B.then C.but D.or
A.sadder B.angrier C.hungrier D.tastier
A.expanding B.stretching C.swinging D.pulling
A.strength B.length C.range D.height
A.jump B.look C.walk D.glance
A.tip B.stage C.top D.level
A.hope B.hand C.sight D.reach
A.put B.stand C.get D.hold
A.break B.shake C.take D.strike
A.up B.forward C.down D.around
A.for B.with C.on D.of
A.After B.Through C.Without D.Upon
A.back B.away C.up D.down
A.wishes B.beliefs C.efforts D.goals
A.thought B.imagined C.tried D.claimed
A.Therefore B.However C.Moreover D.Otherwise
A.skilful B.cheerful C.harmful D.helpful
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.change B.express C.forget D.describe