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Doing community service work, I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a
16
shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to
17
. She wanted to help,
18
she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to
19
and hand out to people. When getting to the homeless shelter I passed out the remaining meals. I had the containers with my
20
cookies in them and began to
21
, offering them to anyone near me.
I
22
an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me
23
in the eye and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had, and his eyes
24
a little bit and he said, “No one has
25
called me sir.” He was completely taken aback.
It struck me.
I explained I had been raised that
26
color and social status, everyone deserved
27
. It made me
28
to think that just because he was homeless, no one
29
him the honor. It broke my
30
, and I couldn’t help
31
cry. I just didn’t understand
32
no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every
33
person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the
34
it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can
35
make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
1．A. useless
B. careless
C. homeless
D. hopeless
2．A. participate
B. involve
C. choose
D. go
3．A. however
B. but
C. yet
D. so
4．A. bring
B. fetch
C. collect
D. take
5．A. classmate’s
B. schoolmate’s
C. sister’s
D. family’s
6．A. walk around
B. knock around
C. come around
D. stand around
7．A. went
B. came
C. approached
D. met
8．A. right
B. even
C. still
D. just
9．A. watered
B. cried
C. tore
D. dropped
10．A. already
B. ever
C. still
D. yet
11．A. in spite
B. regardless of
C. concerned about
D. for fear of
12．A. happiness
B. truth
C. respect
D. help
13．A. strong-minded
B. sad
C. frightened
D. pleased
14．A. handed
B. afforded
C. provided
D. supplied
15．A. eyes
B. mind
C. opinions
D. heart
16．A. but
B. and
C. until
D. or
17．A. what
B. when
C. whether
D. why
18．A. single
B. poor
C. ordinary
D. normal
19．A. stories
B. lessons
C. experiences
D. tears
20．A. equally
B. hardly
C. really
D. finally
【答案】
1．Ｃ
2．Ａ
3．Ｄ
4．Ｄ
5．Ｃ
6．Ａ
7．Ｃ
8．Ａ
9．Ａ
10．Ｂ
11．Ｂ
12．Ｃ
13．Ｂ
14．Ｂ
15．Ｄ
16．Ａ
17．Ｄ
18．Ａ
19．Ｂ
20．Ｃ
【解析】
1．C.上下文串联。 下文39和40之间有提示。
A. 动词辨析。妹妹年幼无法参加服务工作。
D. 上下文串联。因此她做了饼干让我带着。
D. 动词辨析。同上。
C. 上下文串联。容器里装着妹妹做的饼干。
A. 词义辨析。四处走发给周围的人饼干。
C. 动词辨析。走近一位老人。
A. 副词辨析。他直视我的眼睛。
A. 动词辨析。老人因激动而流泪。
B. 副词辨析。曾经。
B. 词义辨析。不受……的影响。
C. 名词辨析。称呼老人“先生”是一种尊重，没有种族和社会地位的区分。
B. 形容词辨析。老人无家可归又受人歧视使我感到伤心。
B. 动词辨析。afford 此处意为“给予”。
D. 名词辨析。想到老人的境遇，我很伤心。
A. 固定词组。can’t help but do 为固定搭配。
D. 词义辨析。我不理解为什么没有人称他先生。
A. 形容词辨析。每一个人。
B. 得到的教训, teache sb. a lesson.
C. 副词辨析。真正起作用。
I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I
41
a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too
42
for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was
43
and my stepmother had
44
us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no
45_
what to do with me. And that’s when my other family
46
.
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home
47
their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I
48
with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She
49
I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.
50
I could tell, for the Beaches there was no
51
between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I
52
college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew
53
about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _54
his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely
55__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
56
the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)
57
that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed by my _58
, and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I
59
family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was
60
, but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
【小题1】A. lived
B. shared
C. possessed
D. bought
【小题2】A. cheap
B. noisy
C. small
D. limited
【小题3】A. in trouble
B. in sight
C. in place
D. in parts
【小题4】A. struck
B. removed C. kicked
D. knocked
【小题5】A. plan
B. choice
C. chance
D. idea
【小题6】A. looked after
B. showed up
C. turned over
D. came across
【小题7】A. so
B. because
C. until
D. while
【小题8】A. worked
B. traveled
C. lived
D. learned
【小题9】A. worked out
B. called up
C. watched out
D. made sure
【小题10】A. As long as
B. As far as C. As soon as
D. As many as
【小题11】A. change
B. problem
C. conflict
D. difference
【小题12】A. set off
B. left for C. entered into
D. admitted into
【小题13】A. all
B. little
C. something
D. nothing
【小题14】A. supply B. teach
C. encourage
D. raise
【小题15】A. different
B. unfair
C. easy
D. hopeful
【小题16】A. Thanks to
B. In spite of
C. Except for
D. But for
【小题17】A. home
B. house
C. ability
D. lesson
【小题18】A. choice
B. failure
C. past
D. present
【小题19】A. doubt about
B. call on
C. center on
D. believe in
【小题20】A. born
B. accepted
C. educated
D. deserted
【答案】
【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
【小题6】B
【小题7】B
【小题8】C
【小题9】D
【小题10】B
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【小题11】D
【小题12】B
【小题13】A
【小题14】D
【小题15】B
【小题16】D
【小题17】A
【小题18】C
【小题19】D
【小题20】A
【解析】家人不仅仅是血亲。有的时候，有人会在无人愿意伸出援手的时候出现在你的身边，让你感受到爱，那也是家人。
我跟我爸爸共用一个有两张双人床和一个洗手间的房间
【小题2】C考查形容词辨析。这间对于一个15岁女孩子和她爸爸来说实在是太小了。
时，我爸爸的第二次婚姻了
【小题4】C考查动词辨析。之前一周，我后母把我们父女俩赶了出来。
爸不知道该拿我如何是好。
【小题6】B考查动词短语。正在这个时候，我的另一个家庭出现了。
芭芭拉·比奇和罗兰·比奇夫妇两人把我接到他们家里，而这仅仅是我最要好的朋友——他们唯一的女儿苏的请求。
从此，我与他们一起生活了达七年之久。
她让我每天都有吃午饭的钱
【小题10】B考查短语辨析。在我看来(as far as I can tell)，比奇夫妇对待我跟苏一视同仁：我也是他们的女儿。
【小题12】B考查短语辨析。后来，我和苏离开家，上了大学。
【小题13】A考查代词辨析。比奇夫妇在接收我的时候，就了解我的一切。
从那个时候起，我的爸爸就靠其他人帮他抚养孩子。
我开始与比奇这一家人住的时候，我相信生活根本就是不公平的
【小题16】D考查短语辨析。要不是比奇这一家人，我就会变成一个满腹牢骚、愤世嫉俗的女人。
但他们给了我一个让我可以成长、可以改变自己的家
【小题18】C考查名词辨析。们没有让我的过去成为我生活的障碍
【小题19】D考查短语辨析。我相信家庭。对我来说，家人并不是我出生的那天在等着我的人，而是在我住在十号州际公路旁的豪生汽车旅馆时，向我敞开胸怀的那个“安乐窝”
22．Vincent van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a(n) __21
and was even sent to the Belgian __22
community of Borinage. He discovered that the miners there __23
deplorable(悲惨的) working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families
__24__
simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small amount of money he received from the church __25
him a moderate life-style, which, __26
, seemed to him unfair.
One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging(步履艰难)home, he __27
an old man staggering(蹒跚)toward him across the fields, __28
in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, __29
enough for one change, and decided to give__30
away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose __31
had been killed in a cave-in.
He lived on starvation rations and spent his money on __32
for the miners. When children in one family had fever, though __33
himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them.
A (an) __34
family in the community offered him free room and board. Van Gogh __35__
the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to __36
serve his community of poor miners.
He believed that if he wanted them to __37
him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of love through him, he must love them enough to __38
with them.
He was aware of the wide chasm(鸿沟)between words and actions. He knew that our lives always __39
louder and clearer than words.
Others are “ __40
” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them?
【小题1】A. office clerk
B. coal miner
C. factory worker
D. church minister
【小题2】A. mining
B. religion
C. poverty
D. working
【小题3】A. shared
B. suffered
C. complained
D. enjoyed
【小题4】A. tried
B. managed
C. struggled
D. worked
【小题5】A. allowed
B. awarded
C. protected
D. provided
【小题6】A. in contrast
B. in return
C. in brief
D. as a result
【小题7】A. grasped
B. spotted
C. felt
D. met
【小题8】A. enclosed
B. surrounded
C. wrapped
D. packed
【小题9】A. put on
B. gave up
C. brought out
D. set aside
【小题10】A. the other
B. the rest
C. the unwanted
D. the unused
【小题11】A. husband
B. brother
C. sister
D. father
【小题12】A. toys
B. food
C. medicine
D. things
【小题13】A. poor
B. lonely
C. loveless
D. feverish
【小题14】A. wealthy
B. affected
C. well-known
D. nearby
【小题15】A. accepted
B. praised
C. refused
D. evaluated
【小题16】A. carefully
B. preparedly
C. faithfully
D. regrettably
【小题17】A. love
B. trust
C. praise
D. help
【小题18】A. share
B. connect
C. fight
D. live
【小题19】A. strike
B. talk
C. speak
D. cry
【小题20】A. leading
B. pointing
C. moving
D. listening
【答案】
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】A
【小题7】B
【小题8】C
【小题9】D
【小题10】B
【小题11】A
【小题12】B
【小题13】D
【小题14】A
【小题15】C
【小题16】C
【小题17】B
【小题18】A
【小题19】C
【小题20】D
【解析】本文讲述梵高对矿工们的同情以及他为矿工们所做的一些善事。
【小题1】D 考查上下文串联。根据下文的church以及整个故事，可知，他想当牧师，为矿工们做一些善事。
【小题2】A 考查名词辨析。根据后面讲到的看到矿上的情况，故应该是mining.
【小题3】B考查动词辨析。悲惨的工作条件，当然是用遭受了。故用suffered。
【小题4】C考查动词辨析。struggle to survive努力地维持生存
【小题5】A考查动词辨析。从教堂筹集的钱，提供他们一个中度的生活方式。
【小题6】A考查短语辨析。相比之下，这似乎对他不公平。
【小题7】B考查动词辨析。spot发现 grasp 抓住 他发现一个老人蹒跚地朝他走来。
【小题8】C考查动词辨析。用一个粗麻袋裹着，故用wrapped。
【小题9】D考查短语辨析。他拿出他的衣物放在床上，留出(set aside)足够换一次的。
【小题10】B考查短语辨析。把剩余的(the rest)赠送给别人。
【小题11】A考查名词辨析。他的丈夫在塌方中被杀了。
【小题12】B考查名词辨析。spend money on food把钱用在了矿工的食物上。
【小题13】D考查形容词辨析。虽然自己也发热，他整理他的床，给了别人。
【小题14】A考查形容词辨析。能够提供给他免费的食宿，应该是wealthy家庭。
【小题15】C考查动词辨析。根据下文的reject，可知是拒绝了这个提供。
【小题16】C考查副词辨析。如果他想真诚地为这个贫穷的矿工社区服务的话，这是他应该拒绝的最后一个诱惑。
【小题17】B考查动词辨析。如果他想让别人相信他，他必须成为他们中的一员。
【小题18】A考查动词辨析。如果他们要从他身上学会爱，他首先必须足够爱他们以至于与他们分享。
【小题19】C考查动词辨析。他知道我们的生活总是比语言更响亮和清晰。
23．A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, ____36___ my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I ____37____ to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about ___38_____ I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, ‘You don’t say! You don’t say!’ I was ___39___. I thought, perhaps this was not a ___40__ topic. Well, I’d ___41___ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? ___42___ the way, have you ever ____43___ there?’
‘Certainly. Everyone back home will ____44____ me if I leave China without seeing it. It is great!’
I said, ‘The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of ____45___.’ But soon I was ___46___ again by his words, ‘___47_____!’ I couldn’t help but __48____, ‘Why did you ask me not to talk about it?’
‘Well, I ___49____ ask you to do so,’ he answered, gently surprised.
I said, ‘Didn’t you say “You don’t say”?’
Hearing this, the Englishman ___50_____ to tears. He began to ___51______, “‘You don’t say!” actually means ‘really?’ It is an ___52_____ of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English _____53______.’
Then I knew I had made a fool of ___54___. Since then I have been more __55____ with idioms
【小题1】A. though
B. when
C. despite
D. because
【小题2】A. decided
B. longed
C. looked forward
D. happened
【小题3】A. what
B. when
C. how
D. where
【小题4】A. pleased
B. angry
C. scared
D. surprised
【小题5】A. proper
B. interesting
C. ideal
D. polite
【小题6】A. to
B. better
C. not
D. like
【小题7】A. On
B. In
C. With
D. By
【小题8】A. gone
B. visited
C. seen
D. been
【小题9】A. look up to
B. think highly of
C. be proud of
D. laugh at
【小题10】A. fun
B. interest
C. hard work
D. China
【小题11】A. encouraged
B. shouted
C. interrupted
D. disturbed
【小题12】A. Really
B. It was great
C. You don’t say
D. You are right
【小题13】A. ask
B. to ask
C. asking
D. asked
【小题14】A. won’t
B. don’t
C. couldn’t
D. didn’t
【小题15】A. laughed
B. cried
C. moved
D. came
【小题16】A. explain
B. shout
C. prove
D. say
【小题17】A. experience
B. expression
C. explanation
D. example
【小题18】A. learning
B. idioms
C. language
D. phrases
【小题19】A. me
B. myself
C. him
D. himself
【小题20】A. curious
B. anxious
C. careful
D. worried
【答案】
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】A
【小题6】B
【小题7】D
【小题8】D
【小题9】D
【小题10】B
【小题11】C
【小题12】C
【小题13】B
【小题14】D
【小题15】A
【小题16】A
【小题17】B
【小题18】B
【小题19】B
【小题20】C
【解析】本文向我们讲述了作者因为不明白 “you don?t say”英语习语的确切含义而发生的一场笑话。
【小题1】A考查连词。根据句意“尽管老师一次次说英语习语重要，我还是没有注意”。根据两句之间的关系，应选A。
【小题2】D考查动词。我在路上碰巧happen遇见一个英国人。
【小题3】C考查连词。两个人相遇，然后开始交谈。我告诉他我是如何学英语的。
【小题4】D考查形容词。当外国人说“You don’t say”时，我理解的是“你不能说”，我很吃惊。所以应选D。
【小题5】A考查形容词。proper 合适的，适当的。作者认为这是一个不合适的话题，所以应选A。
【小题6】B考查固定短语。had better do sth.
最好做……。作者认为应该换一个话题，所以应用had better，选B。
【小题7】D考查解词。by the way 是固定搭配，顺便说一下。
【小题8】D考查动词。你曾经去过那儿吗？have been to some place去过某地。
【小题9】D考查动词短语。去了中国而未去过长城，会被人嘲笑，所以应选D。laugh at 嘲笑。
【小题10】B考查名词。 a place of interest名胜
【小题11】C考查动词。 interrupt打断。外国人一开始说“You don’t say”，我又被打断了。
【小题12】C考查习语。见46解析。
【小题13】B考查非谓语动词。couldn’t help but+动词原形，意思是：禁不住做某事。
【小题14】D考查助动词。我并没有让你那样做。do so 那样做，指的是让作者not to talk about it。
【小题15】A考查动词。外国人觉得作者误会了他的话，觉得很好笑，所以是笑得流出了眼泪。cry“哭”；move“感动”。
【小题16】A考查动词。他开始解释You don’t say的意思，所以应选A。explain“解释”；prove“证明，证实”。
【小题17】B考查名词。experience 经验；expression 表达；explanation 解释； example 例子。句意为：这是表示吃惊的一种表达方式，所以应选B。
【小题18】B考查名词。作者没有明白 “you don?t say”的含义，所以外国人建议作者注意英语成语的用法。
【小题19】B考查代词。 make fool of sb. 愚弄某人。作者没有听懂外国人说话的意思，所以感觉愚弄了自己。
【小题20】C考查形容词。对于习语用法更加小心。be careful with. . . 对……小心，细心。
You and I have principles.
And we also have opinions.
I have opinions
about what I think is
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or wrong, good or bad. But they’re only
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---I could be wrong! I won’t try to
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my life around my opinions, but I will try to 39
my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a(n)
40
lesson about principles. On his way home he found a 41 that contained
$127 and the owner’s identification.
42 hesitation, he hopped(快速跳) onto his bicycle and went over to the owner’s
43
---about a mile away.
He told her that he had
44 her wallet and she gave him a big hug and twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about what had happened. However, his father said, “I don’t think you should have
45 $20 for doing what you should do. A person shouldn’t be
46 for being honest.”.
He thought about his father’s
47 and decided he would return the money.
He returned to the lady’s home and
48
her
back the twenty dollars.
She didn’t want to take it,
but he told her she
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to ,
for his father pointed out
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to him that he had never
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before.
When principles
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our decisions and actions,
we actually change. These great principles
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our lives and make us into persons of character.
That boy is
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to be raised by a wise father who had the
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to say, “Those are my principles.”
24．A. right
B.mistaken
C. good
D.bad
25．A.decisions
B. opinions
C. suggestions
D.wishes
26．A.waste
B.share
C. build
D.risk
27．A.follow
B. make
C.advertise
D. change
28．A.difficult
B.easy
C.funny
D.valuable
29．A.bag
B.box
C.wallet
D.suitcase
30．A.Without
B.In
C.About
D.For
31．A.factory
B.school
C.office
D.house
32．A.found
B.checked
C.searched
D.threw
33．A.received
B.supplied
C.accepted D.borrowed
34．A.blamed
B.rewarded
C.praised
D.forgotten
35．A.worries
B.actions
C.excuses
D.words
36．A.set
B.put
C.gave D.took
37．A.planned
B.had
C.preferred
D.attempted
38．A.anything
B.everything
C.something D.nothing
39．A.realized
B.guessed
C.met
D.taught
40．A.interrupt
B.guide
C.confuse
D.allow
41．A.limit
B.prevent
C.keep
D.shape
42．A.comfortable
B.careful
C.fortunate D.brave
43．A. chance
B.right
C.courage
D.wisdom
【答案】
24．A
25．B
26．C
27．A
28．D
29．C
30．A
31．D
32．A
33．C
34．B
35．D
36．C
37．B
38．C
39．A
40．B
41．D
42．C
43．D
【解析】
24．A考查形容词。“正确的或错误的”与good or bad对应。。
25．B考查名词。“但观点只是观点”。此处they指代前面的opinions。
26．C考查动词。“我不想围绕着我的意见建造我的生命”。build建造。
27．A考查动词。“我会努力坚持我的原则。”follow遵照， 接受， 听从
28．D考查形容词。结合下文可知此处说的是：一个15岁的男孩学到了关于生活的原则的宝贵一课。
29．C考查名词。结合下文44后的her wallet，可知小男孩捡到了个钱包，里面有有127美元以及身份证。
30．A考查介词。without hesitation 毫不犹豫的；毫不踌躇地
31．D考查名词。结合48题前的returned to the lady’s home可知“男孩骑上自行车来到了失主的‘家’”。
32．A考查动词。他告诉她，他捡到了她的钱包。
33．C考查动词。 “我不认为你应该接受20美元的报酬”。 eceive指“收到”, 着重“行为本身, 而不涉及收受者是否接受” accept 指“领受”, “接收”, 着重“除行为本身以外, 还表示接受者经过考虑以后愿意接受
34．B考查动词。一个人不应该因诚实而受到奖励。be rewarded for因 而得到报酬
35．D考查名词。他考虑了他父亲的话和决定归还钱。
36．C考查动词。他骑车来到女人的家中，并把二十美元归还给她。give back 归还
37．B考查动词。强调小孩的坚持，“失主必须把作为酬金的20美元收回。”。
38．C考查代词。她不想收回，但男孩告诉她必须收回——他的父亲给他指出了以前他从来没有意识到的一些东西
39．A考查动词。见50解析。
40．B考查动词。当原则引导guide我们的决定和行为时，实际上我们就改变。
41．D考查动词。这些伟大的原则塑造我们的生活和性格。
42．C考查形容词。有人给与指导，男孩“是很幸运的”。
43．D考查名词。结合全文可知，男孩的父亲是“英明的”。