Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl form Manitoba,Canada.One day, when she was five years old,she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg.They saw a man 36 out of a garbage can.She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry.Hannah was very 37 .She couldn't understand why some people had to live their without shelter or enough food.Hannah started to think about how she could 38 ,but,of course,there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness.
Later ,when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman, 39 an old shopping trolley(购物车)which was piled with 40 . It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more 41 to do something.She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people 42 they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn't 43 as Z bad.
Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces.She hoped to 44her message of hope and awareness.She started the Ladybug Foudation ,an organization aiming at getting rid of bomekssacss. She began to 4 5"Big Bosses" lunches, where she would try to persuade local business Leaders to 46to the cause.She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in "Ladybug Jars" to collect everyone`s spare change during "Make Change" month. More recently, the foundation began another 47called National Red Scarf Day-a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada`s 48 and homeless.
There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called "Hannah`s Place",something that Hannah is very 49of. Hannah`s Place is divided into several areas,providing shelter for people when it is so cold that 50outdoors can mean death.In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities,she hasreceived a lot of 51 .
For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the 52 of young people to change the world. But 53 all this, Hannah still has the 54 life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.
Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a 55 in the world.You can,too!
36.
A. |
jumping |
B. |
eating |
C. |
crying |
D. |
waving |
37.
A. |
annoyed |
B. |
nervous |
C. |
ashamed |
D. |
upset |
38.
A. |
behave |
B. |
manage |
C. |
help |
D. |
work |
39.
A. |
pushing |
B. |
carrying |
C. |
buying |
D. |
holding |
40.
A. |
goods |
B. |
bottles |
C. |
foods |
D. |
bags |
41.
A. |
excited |
B. |
determined |
C. |
energetic |
D. |
grateful |
42.
A. |
since |
B. |
unless |
C. |
although |
D. |
as |
43.
A. |
sound |
B. |
get |
C. |
feel |
D. |
look |
44.
A. |
exchange |
B. |
leave |
C. |
keep |
D. |
spread |
45.
A. |
sell |
B. |
deliver |
C. |
host |
D. |
pack |
46.
A. |
contribute |
B. |
lead |
C. |
apply |
D. |
agree |
47.
A. |
campaign |
B. |
trip |
C. |
procedure |
D. |
trial |
48.
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elderly |
B. |
hungry |
C. |
lonely |
D. |
sick |
49.
A. |
aware |
B. |
afraid |
C. |
proud |
D. |
sure |
50.
A. |
going |
B. |
sleeping |
C. |
traveling |
D. |
playing |
51.
A. |
praises |
B. |
invitations |
C. |
replies |
D. |
appointments |
52.
A. |
needs |
B. |
interests |
C. |
dreams |
D. |
efforts |
53.
A. |
for |
B. |
through |
C. |
besides |
D. |
along |
54.
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healthy |
B. |
public |
C. |
normal |
D. |
tough |
55.
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choice |
B. |
profit |
C. |
judgement |
D. |
difference |
I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.
I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.
In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.
1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports
2. A. the reader B. the college student C. the shop owner D. the customer
3. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help
4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying
5. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked
6. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing
7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
8. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store
9. A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled
10. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise
11. A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter
12. A. pay B. cost C. afford D. spend
13. A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger
14. A. advised B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted
15. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation
16. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved
17. A. pleasure B. sadnessC. interest D. disappointment
18. A. at the TV station B. in the Students Union
C. at the U. S. Forest Service D. at McCarley’s Bookstore
19. A. so B. and C. but D. because
20. A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
The Orkney Islands are about 14 kilometres from the north coast of Scotland. They are mostly low-lying, except for Hoy which has the highest sea cliff(峭壁) in Britain. The 36 and the climate are good in Orkney, 37 there are a lot of farms.
To get to Orkney you have to fly or go by 38 . Ships bringing passengers come from Aberdeen every week. They also bring food, machines and so on. Most Orkney farmers 39 cows or sheep. Because of this, grass is the most 40 crop on the islands. One of the islands has sheep which 41 sea plants 42 grass---they are 43 , but very strong and healthy.
Many people in the Orkney Islands are fishermen. Some go a long way out to 44 to catch large fish, 45 others catch 46 like crabs(螃蟹) and lobsters(龙虾),near the shore. The islanders 47 the crab meat and then pack it and send it to the 48 . They do not cook the lobsters. They send them 49 to restaurants in many of the large 50 of Europe. Most of the islands have their own 51 but of course some of them are very small---with only one group of children from five to ten years old. In fact there are 52 young people at all on the quietest islands. Usually they go the main town of Kirkwall, 53 modern lives.
Some people come from other parts of Britain to find a 54 life on the islands. Everyone is very friendly and they all know each other. Things are changing slowly, but the old way of life 55 continues.
36.A.land B.hill C.mountain D.forest
37.A.yet B.but C.or D.and so
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38.A.train B.bus C.boat D.car
39.A.feed B.buy C.kill D.like
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41.A.drink B.eat C.produce D.plant
42.A.instead of B.instead C.for D.withOf all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some 36 are very useful to man, for example, bees, 37 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which 38 us with silk. Other varieties, 39 , are extremely harmful, and do a great 40 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts (蝗虫) are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 41 they will eat almost any green 42 , and when millions of them 43 on cultivated land(耕地)they soon leave it 44 . In some countries they are the farmer’s 45 enemy. Another nuisance is the common 46 , not only because it 47 us indoors and out - of- doors, but because it spreads diseases.
Scientists have given much time and 48 to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and 49 observation. Thanks 50 their discoveries we now know almost all 51 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in 52 better planned in some ways than our 53 . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give 54 to men, animals and crops from the 55 which insects cause.
36.A. members B. forms C. qualities D. varieties
37.A. by which B. from which C. of which D. in which
38.A. give B. produce C. offer D. supply
39.A. however B. meanwhileC. therefore D. what's more
40.A. majority B. number C. amount D. quantity
41.A. and B. for C. if D. when
42.A. grass B. field C. fruit D. plant
43.A. settle B. attack C. pass D. cross
44.A. bare B. nothing C. empty D. untouched
45.A. hardest B. greatest C. serious D. wildest
46.A. insect B. creature C. fly D. enemy
47.A. dislikes B. bites C. worries D. hates
48.A. understanding B. ideas C. comprehension D. thought
49.A. serious B. patient C. curious D. long
50.A. for B. of C. to D. with
51.A. that B. which C. there D. what
52.A. societies B. crowdsC. teams D. organizations
53.A. world B. nation C. selves D. own
54.A. help B. protection C. living D. defense
55.A. injury B. wound C. sickness D. ruin
The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state 36 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 37 . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without 38 out any necessary fact.
In writing a letter of application, keep in 39 that the things a possible employer is most
40 to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims.The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. 41 the first few sentences fail to 42 the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be 43 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not 44 your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your 45 in today's paper. ”you might say“I have made a careful 46 of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighbourhood to find out how many housewives 47 your product and why they like it.”
Try to 48 generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 49 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask“ What can I 50 in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no 51 has. ”The answer is that everything you have ever done is 52 .
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. 53 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent 54 is to enclose(内附)a stamped, self - addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it 55 for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
36.A. clearlyB. carefullyC. obviouslyD. easily
37.A. foundB. doneC. knownD. heard
38.A. sendingB. takingC. leavingD. picking
39.A. brainB. sightC. orderD. mind
40.A. probableB. possibleC. likelyD. able
41.A. WhileB. AlthoughC. AsD. If
42.A. payB. winC. showD. fix
43.A. keptB. continuedC. writtenD. read
44.A. toB. forC. intoD. from
45.A. advertisementB. report
C. articleD. introduciton
46.A. watchB. searchC. studyD. discussion
47.A. changeB. makeC. sellD. use.
48.A. avoidB. rememberC. protectD. gain
49.A. losingB. applyingC. preparingD. fitting
50.A. offerB. supplyC. meanD. provide
51.A. workerB. beginnerC. ownerD. manager
52.A. successB. developmentC. practiceD. experience
53.A. MakeB. AskC. StateD. Get
54.A. resultB. decisionC. promiseD. idea
55.A. happierB. easierC. cheaperD. safer
A true apology is more than just acknowledgement(承认)of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or 36 has damaged a relationship - and that you 37 enough about that relationship to want it 38 .
It’s never 39 to acknowledge yon are in the wrong. Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look hack and think how 40 you’ve judged roughly(草率),said 41 things,pushed yourself 42 at the expense(在使某人受损的情况下)of a friend. Some deep thought in us know that when 43 a small mistake has been made, your 44 will stay out of balance until the mistake is acknowledged and your regret is 45 .
I remember a doctor friend, 46 me about a man who came to him with 47 illnesses: headache, insomnia(失眠),stomachaches and so on. No physical 48 could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man,“ 49 you tell me what’s on your conscience(良心),I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he 50 all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was 51 His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The old doctor made the man write to his brother making an 52 and enclosing(附寄)a 53 .In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man 54 into team. “Thank you, doctor,”he said,“I think I'm all right now.”And he 55 .
36.A. doneB. thoughtC. announcedD. expected
37.A. lostB. careC. adviseD. heard
38.A. builtB. formedC. repairedD. damaged
39.A. difficultB. easyC. foolishD. shy
40.A. longB. oftenC. muchD. soon
41.A. unusualB. harmfulC. preciousD. unkind
42.A. aheadB. awayC. downD off
43.A. stillB. evenC. onlyD. such
44.A. senseB. brainC. weightD. feeling
45.A. shownB. explaninedC. offeredD. expressed
46.A. askingB. tellingC. requiringD. setting
47.A. strangeB. seriousC. variousD. much
48.A. signsB. reasonC. causeD. marks
49.A. WheneverB. UnlessC. SupposeD. Although
50.A. stoleB. acceptedC. seizedD. wasted
51.A. madB. lostC. abroadD. dead
52.A. orderB. excuseC. agreementD. apology
53.A. noteB. cardC. checkD. photo
54.A. joyedB. burstC. laughedD. cried
55.A. shouldB. didC. hadD. was