The Pillow
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖車) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”
“A pillow,” he replied.
“What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.
“Oh…that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?”
We know exactly what he means.
小題1:The writer’s first volunteer project was ______.
A．working on a poor trailer B．helping a poor family
C．donating beds and bedding D．dealing with a housing problem
小題2:On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because ______. 
A．the family lived in a trailerB．he expected to get some toys
C．he didn’t know what a bed wasD．the boys had no bed to sleep in
小題3:From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen ______ before.
A．a(chǎn) trailer B．a(chǎn) truck C．a(chǎn) pillow D．a(chǎn) house
小題4:By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that ______.  
A．what they want to get may be unnecessary
B．they should not waste money on small things
C．they should do more volunteer work for the poor
D．what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:A
略
練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

完形填空（共20小題; 每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該選項(xiàng)標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg __21____a few coins, do you hurry on, not ___22___ what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly ___23___ some money? What should our attitude___24___ beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories． It ___25___ be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from． It seems ___26___ not to give some money to beggars．
__27____, most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and ___28___what we have with those less lucky than ourselves． But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, ___29___ one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea． Quite a few people will not give to beggars． Let us look at their ___30___．
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up ___31___ to look pitiable and actually make a good ___32___ from begging． Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil（惡行）． __33____, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs． Thirdly, there is the opinion__34____there is no real excuse for begging． One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of ___35___ and self-dependence．
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be handled by the government __36____ordinary people． Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and __37____ help．
It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various __38____and we must __39____ them differently． A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the__40____．
小題1:
A．toB．withC．a(chǎn)tD．for
小題2:
A．knowingB．expectingC．demandingD．settling
小題3:
A．put awayB．hand overC．take inD．get out
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)tB．inC．overD．towards
小題5:
A．mustB．canC．needD．might
小題6:
A．warm-hearted B．generousC．cruelD．considerate
小題7:
A．StrangelyB．HonestlyC．CertainlyD．Surprisingly
小題8:A． give    B． donate       C share          D．contribute
小題9:
A．whyB．whenC．whatD．how
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)rgumentsB．quarrelsC．sayingsD．talks
小題11:
A．on showB．on purposeC．for funD．by accident
小題12:
A．moneyB．comfortC．livingD．decision
小題13:
A．SecondlyB．SurelyC．PossiblyD．Then
小題14:
A．whatB．whetherC．thatD．which
小題15:
A．goodnessB．prideC．securityD．responsibility
小題16:
A．rather thanB．or rather C．other thanD．but also
小題17:
A．produceB．receiveC．earnD．offer
小題18:
A．casesB．eventsC．conditionsD．states
小題19:
A．go withB．communicate withC．deal with D．meet with
小題20:
A．giverB．receiverC．villagerD．government

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
A young man was ready to graduate from college. For months he had  16 a sports car in a  17   showroom, and knowing his father  18 afford it, he told him that was  19 he wanted.  20 Graduation Day approached, he waited for the news    21 that his father had bought the car. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his   22  study. He handed him a beautiful box.   23  , but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened it  24  found a lovely Bible, with the young man’s name on it.  25 , he shouted to his father and said, “ With all your  26 you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the  27  ,
Many years passed. The young man was successful in both business and his family, but  28  his father was old, he intended to go back see him. He  29  him since that graduation day.  30 he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling his father had passed away, and he needed to take  31 possessions from his father. When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and  32 filled his heart. He saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag（標(biāo)簽）with the dealer’s name,  33  dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the  34 “PAID IN FULL.”
How many time do we miss blessing because they are not packaged as we  35 ?  Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.     
小題1:
A．ownedB．drivenC．a(chǎn)dmiredD．seen
小題2:
A．model’sB．manager’sC．businessman’sD．dealer’s
小題3:
A．mustB．couldC．shouldD．would
小題4:
A．whichB．a(chǎn)ll whatC．a(chǎn)llD．why
小題5:
A．AsB．withC．ForD．Along
小題6:
A．quietlyB．patientlyC．politelyD．a(chǎn)nxiously
小題7:
A．previousB．personalC．privateD．professional
小題8:
A．CuriousB．SeriousC．AmusedD．Concerned
小題9: A  however    B. and              C. or              D. then
小題10:
A．LuckilyB．HappilyC．CarefullyD．Angrily
小題11:
A．moneyB．costC．incomeD．charge
小題12:
A．carB．collegeC．BibleD．box
小題13:
A．to realizeB．realizedC．realizingD．having realized
小題14:
A．hadn’t seenB．didn’t seeC．hasn’t seenD．wasn’t seen
小題15:
A．WhenB．BeforeC．UntilD．After
小題16:
A．upB．inC．onD．over
小題17:
A．regretB．happinessC．excitementD．promise
小題18:
A．a(chǎn) sameB．the sameC．sameD．the same as
小題19:
A．sentencesB．wordsC．talksD．phrases
小題20:
A．expectedB．respectedC．regrettedD．repeated

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空


Instroduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader，
Please allow me to tell you something before you  read this book. When my   36  ,Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then,and I have been  37 ill many times.So I wonderfuled if would  have the   38 to tell Sam what I had   39 .
For years I have been hosting a program on the   40 and writing  articles for a magazine.Being  41  to move freely,I have learned to sit still and keep my heart   42 , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and   43 . So when Sam was born ,I  44 to tell him about school and friendship,Romance and work,Love and everything else. That’s how I started  to write these  45 . I hoped  that Sam would   46 them  sooner or later.
However,that expedition  47  when  Sam showed signs of autism(自閉癥)at the age of two.He had actually  stopped talking before the discovery of the signs.He  48  to communicate with others,even the family members.That was  49  for me but didn’t stop me writing on.I realized that I had even  50  now to tell him.I wanted him to  51 what it means to be “different ”from others,and learn  how to fight  against  the misfortune  he’ll  52  as I myself,his grandfather,did. I just  53 if  I could write all  that I wanted  to say in the rest of my life.
Now, 54 the book has been published,I have been given the chance.Every chapter in the book is a  letter to Sam:some about my life,and all about what it means to be a  55  .
Daniel GOttliebe
小題1:
A．sonB．NephewC．brotherD．grandson
小題2:
A．seriouslyB．mentallyC．slightly D．quietly
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)bilityB．TimeC．courageD．responsibility
小題4:
A．writtenB．sufferedC．observedD．lost
小題5:
A．RadioB．TelevisionC．stageD．bed
小題6:
A．readyB．unableC．a(chǎn)nxiousD．eager
小題7:
A．warm B．broken C．closedD．open
小題8:
A．hostsB．visitorsC．readersD．reporters
小題9:
A．BeganB．stoppedC．forgotD．decided
小題10:
A．LettersB．emailsC．booksD．diaries
小題11:
A．findB．readC．collectD．keep
小題12:
A．developedB．disappearedC．changedD．a(chǎn)rrived
小題13:
A．triedB．refusedC．regrettedD．hoped
小題14:
A．excitingB．a(chǎn)cceptableC．strangeD．heartbreaking
小題15:
A．lessB．everythingC．moreD．nothing
小題16:
A．understandB．explainC．believeD．question
小題17:
A．fearB．faceC．knowD．cause
小題18:
A．feltB．guessedC．sawD．doubled
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)sB．onceC．thoughD．if
小題20:
A．teacherB．childC．manD．writer

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with  41 —an gang (團(tuán)伙)problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often   42  trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day   43   .
Those fun trips had a(n) 44 impact. A chance encounter(偶遇) in 2000 proved that. One day,  45 working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys   46  .He sensed trouble between them.  47  one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug.” I  48  you. You took me    49  when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the  50  days of my life .”
Deeply touched by the boy’s word, Moody decided to create a foundation（基金會(huì)）that  51 teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw  52 there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging  53 on the kids,” says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he  54 to present an alternative way of life, “When you’re sitting there waiting for a  55 ,”he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such  56 can be pretty deep.”
“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer（同齡人）pressures in high school,” says Michelle, 17 who  57 the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother  58 drugs.”
Moody faces   59  in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time.” I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my   60  to give back,” Moody says.” If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”
小題1:
A．drinkingB．drugC．securityD．smoking
小題2:
A．ran intoB．got overC．left behindD．looked into
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)headB．a(chǎn)wayC．offD．out
小題4:
A．immediateB．damagingC．limitedD．lasting
小題5:
A．onceB．whileC．sinceD．until
小題6:
A．quarrelingB．complainingC．talkingD．cheering
小題7:
A．SlowlyB．SuddenlyC．FinallyD．Secretly
小題8:
A．understandB．hearC．seeD．remember
小題9:
A．fishingB．sailingC．boatingD．swimming．
小題10:
A．quietestB．longestC．bestD．busiest
小題11:
A．connectsB．introducesC．reducesD．commits
小題12:
A．whereB．unlessC．a(chǎn)sD．whether
小題13:
A．impressionB．burdenC．decisionD．impact
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)skedB．intendedC．pretendedD．a(chǎn)greed
小題15:
A．solutionB．changeC．biteD．surprise
小題16:
A．concernsB．interestsC．conversationsD．emotions
小題17:
A．participated inB．worked outC．a(chǎn)pproved ofD．made up
小題18:
A．misuseB．a(chǎn)voidC．tolerateD．test
小題19:
A．unemploymentB．challengeC．competitionD．retirement
小題20:
A．teamB．schoolC．familyD．community

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlyn, and I stopped at a Tim Horton’s shop for a blueberry cake. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.
This young man had no hair on sides of his head with a set of blue spiked（豎起的）hair on top of it. One of his nostrils(鼻孔) was pierced （扎、穿）, and a ring ran through the hole and a chain went across his face and was attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.
Caitlyn, who was walking ahead of me, stopped at once when she saw the teenager, I thought he’d scared her and she’d frozen on the spot.
I was wrong.
My granddaughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His response was a polite “Thank you very much”.
On our way to the car, I praised Caitlyn for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She didn’t seem to be troubled by his appearance, but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmother’s talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was in order, I wanted to be ready.
As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.
The only thing Caitlyn noticed about the teenager was the fact that his arms were full. “He would have a hard time to open the door. ”
I saw the partially shaved head, the set of spiked hair, the piercing and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a closed door.
In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.
小題1:What did the author think of the young man?
A．Polite. B．Uncommon.C．Frightening.D．Funny.
小題2: Caitlyn helped the young man because______ .
A．she was scaredB．she didn’t notice his look
C．she wanted to avoid himD．it would be difficult for him to open the door
小題3: The underlined sentence suggests that_______ .
A．the author was ashamed of herself
B．the author didn’t know how to give a talk on freedom
C．a(chǎn) talk on freedom was useless for the granddaughter
D．people should have more freedom to express themselves
小題4: The author intends to tell us that_______ .
A．we shouldn’t judge a person by his look
B．we should allow people more freedom to dress differently
C．we should be more helpful and tolerant(寬容的)to people
D．we shouldn’t be too particular about people in life

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

He's an old cobbler （修鞋匠） with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris．When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: "I haven't time．Take them to the other fellow on the main street; he'll fix them for you right away．"
But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手藝人). "No," I replied, "The other fellow can't do it well."
"The other fellow" was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys "while-U-wait" -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋帶) ,you might as well just throw away the pair.
My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron (圍裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, "Come back in a week."
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boot off a shelf.
"See what I can do " he said with pride. "Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work."
When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, an old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his pride in his craft.
These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it "pays", when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消費(fèi)) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period,it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
小題1:Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?
A．He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B．He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C．He was proud of his skills.
D．He was a native Parisian.
小題2:The sentence "He was something out of an ancient legend." ( paragraph 7 ) implies that         .
A．nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
B．it was difficult to communicate with this man
C．the man was very strange
D．the man was too old
小題3:According to the author, many people work just to        .
A．realize their abilities B．gain happiness
C．make money D．gain respect
小題4:This story wants to tell us that      .
A．craftsmen make a lot of money B．whatever you do, do it well
C．craftsmen need self-respect D．people are born equal

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Dick was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning and sold the fish in the market in the afternoon. Then he bought some food for his family. When winter came, they were often hungry. One morning the hungry man fell into the river and wasn’t found. Dick’s mother left her three-year-old son without saying good-bye. His aunt had to look after him.
Twenty years passed. Dick became a tall, strong man. He found work on a farm. He worked hard and wanted to get more money. He often went to see his aunt with some nice presents. The woman was very happy but one day she died in a traffic accident. The young man was very sad. After he buried her, he decided to buy a beautiful tombstone(墓碑)for her. He went to town and came in a shop, but all the tombstones were too expensive. He asked, “Do you sell an old tombstone, sir?” “Yes, we do, sir, ” answered the shopkeeper. “Is it as expensive as the new one?”
“No, it’s much cheaper,” said the man. “But another name was engraved (刻) on it.” “It doesn’t matter, ” said Dick. “My aunt couldn’t read.”
小題1: If      , the family members were hungry.
A．Dick’s father could catch no fish in winter
B．Dick’s father had a boat in winter
C．Dick’s father had to look after him in winter
D．no food was sold in winter
小題2:Dick wanted to get more money to     .
A．marry a wifeB．give his aunt nice presents
C．buy a farmD．build a house
小題3:Dick often went to see his aunt because       .
A．she felt lonelyB．she was often ill
C．she had no childrenD．with her help he grew up
小題4:Dick wanted to buy an old tombstone because     .
A．he didn’t had enough money to buy a new one
B．his aunt couldn’t read whose name was engraved
C．his aunt wasn’t going to mind it
D．nobody knew what his aunt’s name was

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

An 18-year-old high school student who had just learned to swim in the last summer vacation saved the life of a drowning Ohio boy on Friday afternoon.
Tom Erickson was credited with (因．．．．．．而受贊揚(yáng))saving the life of Jason Pryor,10, in Mill Creek (小河) Park. Young Jason Pryor, from Chillicothe, was visiting relatives from Anchor Point when he fell into Mill Creek.
The Pryor boy had no business playing near the edge of the river, but he had no idea of the danger.
The creek, with much more water than usual for the recent spring rains, flowed fast and carried the boy around a bend and out of sight from his parents, who took Jason out there and said they had not even witnessed the incident.
Luckily for Jason, one of the most unselfish students from Brentwood’s Central High School was taking a walk alone through the park.
As soon as he found the boy struggling in the water, Erickson jumped into the creek and managed to pull the drowning boy out of the water. And it was reported that Erickson had never received any life-saving instruction before.
“I wasn’t sure I could do it,” Erickson said. “I didn’t know if I could swim through the river by myself, not to mention getting another person out with me.”
This incident should be a lesson to young children who do not know how to swim. Stay away from dangerous bodies of water.
小題1:   Young Jason Pryor lives at _______.
A．Anchor PointB．Chillicothe, OhioC．Mill CreekD．Brentwood
小題2:Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?
A．Life-saving instruction helped a lot in the incident.
B．Jason’s parents saw him fall into the creek but couldn’t help.
C．The creek flowed fast because it was very straight without any bends.
D．Erickson was not sure if he could save the boy when jumping into the creek.
小題3:What’s the possible meaning of the underlined sentence “The Pryor boy had no business playing near the edge of the river,” in the third paragraph?
A．The accident was none of the boy’s business.
B．The boy had no friends to play with him.
C．The boy shouldn’t have played near the creek.
D．The boy was very busy and had no time to play.
小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Did You Know the Danger of WaterB．Be Responsible Parents
C．The Fast Running Mill CreekD．Beginning Swimmer Saved Drowning Boy

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案