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1．I believe being honest is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days，like 36 and straightforward. And it’s still what
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a man a good citizen. This is my ，and I try to live by.
I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five years，
38 there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxi drivers have to be rough and tumble(乱作一团) fellows to be able to take it in New York. Youve got to be
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to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day.
Because taxi drivers are tough，people get the
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impression that they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will act as
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fellows. lmost every week you read in the papers where a taxi driver
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money or jewels or like that people leave in their
43 . If they weren't honest，you wouldnt be reading those stories in the papers. One time，I found an emerald（翡翠的）ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of suitcases that day，so I went back to where I had
44 It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her
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to her. I didn't get as much as “thank you.”
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，I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she
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I was born and
in Ireland until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I
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several jobs to earn a few dollars before joining the army in World War I. After being discharged(退伍)，I bought my own car and have owned one ever since. It hasn’t been too easy
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，but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit
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for a rainy day(一时之需). In all my years of driving a taxi，I have never had___51__ with the public，not even with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong(顽固的) once in a while，I just agree with them and then they behave themselves.
People ask me about tips. As far as I know，
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everyone will give you something，because most Americans are
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generous. I always try to be nice to everyone，whether they
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or not. I believe in God and try to be a good member of my parish（教区）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time，and the
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I try，the easier it gets.
【】A.
B. selfishness
C. upright
D. faithful
【】A. take
B. becomes
C. makes
D. haves
【】A.
B. recognizing
C. thinking
D. knowing
【】A. generous
B. tough
C.
D. educated
【】A.
B. proper
C. bad
D. wrong
【】A. rude
B. honest
C. good
D. tough
【】A.
B. turns down
C. turns out
D. turns in
【】A. houses
B. cars
C. pockets
D. rooms
【】A.
B. dropped
C. set
D. pushed
【】A. ring
B. suitcase
C. car
D. emerald
【】A. So
B. Still
C.
D. Though
【】A. was
B. did
C. has
D. is
【】A. made
B.
C. held
D. took
【】A. at one time B. sometime
C. in no time
D. at times
【】A.
B. set off
C. set down
D. set aside
【】A. trouble
B.
C. word
D. violence
【】A. especially
B. specially
C. particularly
D. practically
【】A.
B. rarely
C. absolutely
D. fairly
【】A. tip
B.
C. command
D. swap
【】A. longer
B. harder
C. better
D. shorter
【答案】
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【解析】作为纽约司机的作者用亲身体会来告诉我们诚实的重要性。
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【】Make成为；诚实仍然是让一个人成为公民所需要的品质。
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【】taxi drivers are tough可知B正确。
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【】Drop下车。这里是指我回到把她丢下的地方。
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【】Hold握有；
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【】Tip给小费；这里是指无论别人是否给小费。
【】I have been trying this for a long time可知我尝试的时间越长，事情就越容易。
Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her
31 , she went to the wise man that is always
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for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what
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ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will
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you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or
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with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never
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sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in
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of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment,
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at the door, and said in a
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voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)
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that I want? It is very important to me.”
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, she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of
42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to
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all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,
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people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She
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to comfort them till they
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. Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But
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she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one
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after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so
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in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never
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that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
2．A. joy
B. danger
C. belief
D. sorrow
3．A. envied
B. considered
C. respected
D. treated
4．A. strange
B. magical
C. valuable
D. important
5．A. reward
B. supply
C. provide
D. award
6．A. quarreling
B. discussing
C. reasoning
D. arguing
7．A. suffered
B. known
C. obtained
D. forgotten
8．A. honor
B. favor
C. need
D. search
9．A. knocked
B. broke
C. stood
D. pointed
10．A. excited
B. confident
C. sad
D. urgent
11．A. place
B. answer
C. apartment
D. person
12．A. Luckily
B. Immediately C. Gradually
D. Unfortunately
13．A. praise
B. Respect
C. comfort
D. encouragement
14．A. exchange
B. describe
C. simplify
D. decorate
15．A. unfortunate
B. unfriendly
C. unimportant
D. unfamiliar
16．A. planned
B. managed
C. continued
D. stayed
17．A. settle down
B. break down
C. calm down
D. get down
18．A. wherever
B. whatever
C. however
D. whenever
19．A. excuse
B. tale
C. lie
D. reason
20．A. curious
B. puzzled
C. worried
D. involved
21．A. recognizing
B. realizing
C. remembering
D. wondering
【答案】
2．D
3．C
4．B
5．A
6．C
7．B
8．D
9．C
10．A
11．A
12．D
13．C
14．B
15．A
16．D
17．C
18．A
19．B
20．D
21．B
【解析】文章以一个故事告诉我们帮助别人能让我们真正的快乐起来，无论我们遇见多大的痛苦。
2．D 名词辨析。A快乐；B危险；C信念；D悲哀；根据上文可知儿子死了，她很难过。
3．C 动词辨析。根据上文可知这是一位智者，智者总是受到人们的尊重。
4．B 形容词辨析。这里是指由魔力的能把她的儿子找回来的方法。
5．A 动词辨析。A以…付报酬；BC提供；D奖励。这里是指她以她所有来回报那位智者。
6．C 动词辨析。Reason with sb与…理论，谈论。这里指智者没有和她多讨论。
7．B 动词辨析。智者让她2从一个从来都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的种子。
8．D 名词辨析。In search of寻找。根据上下文可知是去寻找这样的人家。
9．C 动词辨析。这里是指站在一家人的门前。本题容易错选A。
10．A 形容词辨析。这里是指她用兴奋的声音说好话。
11．A 上下文串联。很清楚她是在问这是不是她要找的地方。
12．D 副词辨析。根据下文可知她找不到那样的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。
13．C 动词辨析。这里是指甚至都没有人来安慰她。
14．B 动词辨析。A交换；B描述；C使…简化；D装饰。指那些人向她描述他们痛苦的事情。
15．A 形容词辨析。这里是指那些比她还要不幸的人。
16．D 动词辨析。这里是指她留在那些地方来帮助那些人直到他们平静下来。
17．C 词义辨析。A定居；B机器坏；C平静；D写下。解析同上。
18．A 语法分析。无论她到什么地方，都会发现一个接一个不幸的故事。
19．B 名词辨析。A借口；B故事；C谎言；D原因。解析同上。
20．D 固定词组。Be involved in参与….
21．B 动词辨析。这里是指她没有意识到到帮助别人已经驱赶了她心中的悲哀。
America
【答案】
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
【小题6】D
【小题7】B
【小题8】A
【小题9】C
【小题10】B
【小题11】C
【小题12】B
【解析】本文告诉我们失败乃成功之母。许多成功人士都经历过许多失败。所以当失败降临时，不要放弃。
【小题1】B 考查名词辨析。根据第一段的great teeth可知，应选smile.因为有一口好的牙齿，才会有灿烂的微笑。
【小题2】B 考查名词辨析。根据下文可知，所有成功人士有个共同的特点：失败。
【小题3】A 考查常识。华盛顿是将军，故曾经打败过两次战役。
【小题4】C 上下文串联。根据上面的There’s George Washington….，可知答案为C。
【小题5】D 考查常识题。众所周知，乔布斯后来又回到了苹果，故用returning.
【小题6】D 考查名词辨析。以上都是举的例子。故用list清单。
【小题7】B 考查短语辨析。at a time 一次，每次
at one time 曾经，一度
at times有时 at which time引导定语从句。根据意思，绝大多数成功人士曾经都是失败者。
【小题8】A考查动词辨析。从篮球队被砍下来。
【小题9】C 考查形容词辨析。他们曾经都感到羞辱的，迷失的以及绝望的。
【小题10】B考查名词辨析。关键的技巧就是：使你自己重新振作的能力。
【小题11】C考查动词辨析。根据前面的resilience，可知是指从挫折中恢复的能力。
【小题12】B 连词辨析。因此下次你再次失败时，不要放弃。
On the IraqSyria border，a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food．The leader of the pack was a grayandwhite dog．The soldiers called him Nubs．Nubs was shaking and __36__ able to stand．Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound __37__ his chest．
Dennis couldn’t stand seeing the dog __38__．He and his men immediately treated the wound，and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs__39__but was still in pain．The next day，the team had to__40__．Ten days later，Dennis’s unit was back，and so was Nubs．He was still___41__，but the men fed him and played with him．
Before long the unit once again__42__an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away．Nubs，slowly but determinedly，__43__them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost__44__of him．Two days later，beyond Dennis’s__45__，he saw Nubs just outside the outpost．The dog had tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to__46__with the friend who had saved his life．From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place，and ran around in the same ruins．
Until an order came down from above that they were not__47__to have pets，Dennis__48__to make sure the dog would continue to live the__49__life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to__50__．
A month later，when Dennis and the dog were__51__in California，at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy．__52__within minutes，the dog jumped into Dennis’s arms，jumping up again and again to__53__ his friend’s face．
A little__54__and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world．But small stories，like the story of a soldier and a dog，hold a promise of a(n) __55__world．
A．mostly
B．certainly C．hardly
D．never
A．in
B．on
C．at
D．behind
A．stand
B．starve
C．bleed
D．suffer
A．pulled through B．fell asleep C．woke up
D．fell down
A．leave
B．rest
C．pass
D．remain
A．hungry
B．tired
C．dirty
D．weak
A．took up
B．took over
C．left for
D．returned from
A．watched
B．followed
C．accompanied
D．barked
A．touch
B．sight
C．footprint
D．smell
A．ability
B．surprise
C．imagination
D．understanding
A．part
B．fight
C．meet
D．break
A．asked
B．suggested
C．required
D．allowed
A．decided
B．agreed
C．accepted
D．proposed
A．moving
B．good
C．safe
D．interesting
37．A．London
B．America
C．Iraq
D．Syria
38．A．found
B．interviewed
C．linked
D．reunited
39．A．So
B．And
C．But
D．Though
40．A．lick
B．touch
C．bite
D．clean
41．A．pity
B．mercy
C．care
D．contribution
42．A．equal
B．harmonious
C．prosperous
D．amazing
【答案】．
C
24．A
25．D
26．A
27．A
28．D
29．C
30．B
31．B
32．C
33．C
34．D
35．A
36．B
37．B
38．D
39．C
40．A
41．C
42．B
【解析】通过一位士兵和狗的故事告诉我们在这样的世界中，一点点的关爱也许所起作用不大，但却是和谐世界的一个征兆。
23．C 副词辨析。根据上下文可知这只狗几乎不能站立。
24．A 介词辨析。在胸部用介词in.
25．D 动词辨析。这里是指Dennis无法忍受看见这只狗受苦。
26．A
短语辨析。pull through恢复健康
27．A 动词辨析。这里是指Dennis的队伍要离开了。
28．D 形容词辨析。十天以后Dennis回来了，这只狗的时态仍然很虚弱。
29．C 短语辨析。Leave for动身去…;这里是指Dennis要去前线了。
30．B 动词辨析。Follow跟随。这里是指这只狗跟随着Dennis进入了沙漠，直到看不见。
31．B 名词辨析。Lose sight of看不见，消失在视野外；解析同上。
32．C 名词辨析。A能力；B惊讶；C想象；D理解。这里是指超出了Dennis的想象。
33．C 动词辨析。Meet会见。这里是指这只狗历经困难来见救了自己的Dennis。
34．D 动词辨析。Allow允许。这里是指军队不允许养宠物。
35．A 动词辨析。这里是指Dennis决定把这只狗送回美国过教好的生活。
36．B 形容词辨析。解析同上。
37．B 上下文串联。解析同上。
38．D 动词辨析。这里是指他们在美国重逢。
39．C 上下文串联。一开始狗没有认出Dennis，但几分钟以后，他立刻认出他了，转折关系。
40．A 动词辨析。狗要舔
41．C 名词辨析。这里是指一点点的关心也许不能救这个世界，但是却是和谐世界的征兆。
42．B 形容词辨析。解析同上。
Dash of Hope
"Dash" is a symbol which represents every day we've spent alive on earth. Therefore, how you spend your "dash" is important.
Recently I
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about a little girl named Hope. After learning more about her life, I couldn't help but feel it was not by
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, nor happenstance（意外事件）, that she had been named "Hope". The strong feeling of sympathy and generosity
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in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others.
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I never had the opportunity to meet her, I wish I had. It seems as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very, very special.
Hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was
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a "wish" in early December 2010 by the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation after being
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that she had a rare type of bone cancer. However, when she found out that more than 150
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in her area were waiting for their wishes to be achieved , she unselfishly used her wish to
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that those children have their wishes granted. She also asked that it be done
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January 16, 2011. Unfortunately, however, the organization informed her that her
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request could not be granted as the funds were simply
46 . They calculated that they would need to raise more than one
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dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish.
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, but not discouraged, she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring
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to take up helping grant the wishes of the other children, and eventually
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as well. Newspaper columnists and reporters for radio and TV stations 51
the story of this caring young girl who had
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the hearts of so many and as word spread, the community was challenged. Committees were fanned and schools, corporations and various organizations assisted in
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money to help make Hope's dream come true.
Her efforts were not in vain as they continue to help others, not only
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, but spiritually and emotionally as well. At the gathering to celebrate her life, "A Celebration of Hope" on January 16, 2011 , the
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was made that they had indeed received donations totaling more than one million dollars. Her wish had been granted!
43．A. heard
B. thought
C. cared
D. talked
44．A. coincidence B. independence
C. convenience D. intelligence
45．A. lost B. carried C. expected D. housed
46．A. Until B. Unless
C. Though D. If
47．A. expressed B. offered C. made D. sent
48．A. recognized B. informed C. reminded D. understood
49．A. children B. citizens C. villagers D. relatives
50．A. suggest B. ask C. arrange D. order
51．A. for B. to C. on D. by
52．A. final B. formal C. simple D. noble
53．A. unbearable
B. unbelievable
C. unavailable D. uncomfortable
54．A. thousand B. hundred C. million D. billion
55．A. Disappointed B. Surprised C. Worried D. Embarrassed
56．A. committees B. individuals C. corporations D. organizations
57．A. theirs B. ours C. hers D. yours
58．A. wrote B. read C. broadcast D. shared
59．A. touched B. examined C. won D. opened
60．A. finding B. spending C. raising D. borrowing
61．A. perfectly B. physically C. healthily D. thankfully
62．A. proposal B. decision C. conclusion D. announcement
【答案】
A
44．A
45．D
46．C
47．B
48．B
49．A
50．B
51．D
52．D
53．C
54．C
55．A
56．B
57．C
58．D
59．A
60．C
61．B
62．D
【解析】文章讲述了一个感人的故事，一个小女孩为了让别的孩子得到治疗的机会而让别人先得到机会，让人感动。
43．A 上下文串联。下文39空后I never had the opportunity to meet her知道A正确。
44．A 固定词组。By coincidence偶然；根据下文nor happenstance可知这不是偶然。
45．D 档次辨析。A丢失；B携带；C期待；D贮存。这里是指贮存在心中的sympathy and generosity。
46．C 连词辨析。根据上下文可知这里是转折关系。
47．B 动词辨析。A表达；B提供；C制作；D派，发送；这里是指the "Make-A-Wish" Foundation给她提供一个治疗疾病的机会。
48．B 动词辨析。A认出；B通知；C提醒；D理解；根据上下文可知是通知她患了这种病。
49．A 上下文串联。根据下文的those children可知是150多个孩子等待这希望实现。
50．B 上下文串联。根据下文的also asked可知B正确。
51．D 介词辨析。具体到某一天用介词on.
52．D 形容词辨析。他主动把机会让出来，说明她的要求是非常的
53．C 形容词辨析。A无法忍受；B难以相信；C无法得到，没有了；D不舒服；根据下文可知这家慈善基金的钱不够了。
54．C 上下文串联。根据最后一行more than one million dollars可知C正确。
55．A 形容词辨析。自己的要求没有实现，自然应该是很失望。
56．B 名词辨析。A委员会；B个人；C组织，委员会；D组织；这里是指那些有爱心的人。
57．C 词义辨析。Hers是指her wish。
58．D 动词辨析。A写；B读；C广播；D分享。这里是指媒体宣传广播这个感人的故事。
59．A 动词辨析。这里是指她的故事赢得了人们的赞誉。
60．C 动词辨析。这里是指筹钱帮助那些患病的孩子。
61．B 上下文串联。根据下文的spiritually and emotionally可知这里是physically 。
62．D 名词辨析。A建议；B决定；C结论；D宣布。这里是指"Make-A-Wish" Foundation宣布他们已经筹满了一百万的钱了，可以为孩子们治病了。