The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll   1   that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I   2   to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t   3   my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what   4   kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were   5   impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I   6   I had done for them. I just hoped they   ___7 .
As I walked into the   8   quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase   9   a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly   10   of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It   11  :
She took a day off from her busy   12   to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early   13   he could see his hero take batting practice.   14   their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was   15   his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to   16   his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy   17   one in the morning…
It took me long enough to   18   it, but I finally know who the   19   hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a   20   Mother’s Day, after all.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)dmitB．a(chǎn)doptC．deny D．refuse
小題2:
A．intendedB．likedC．tended D．hesitated
小題3:
A．stressB．spareC．strengthen D．spend
小題4:
A．poorB．greatC．faithless D．pretty
小題5:
A．merelyB．usuallyC．neverD．often
小題6:
A．wishedB．hopedC．expected D．desired
小題7:
A．supportedB．understoodC．a(chǎn)pproved D．disgusted
小題8:
A．1iving-room B．kitchenC．bed loom D．study
小題9:
A．includingB．containingC．possessing D．pinning
小題10:
A．handwritingB．descriptionC．tone D．scratch
小題11:
A．wroteB．recordedC．memorized D．read
小題12:
A．eventB．contentC．schedule D．circumstance
小題13:
A．orB．forC．but D．so
小題14:
A．AtB．InC．On D．By
小題15:
A．impressedB．printedC．presented D．pressed
小題16:
A．buyB．a(chǎn)bandonC．get D．swap
小題17:
A．beforeB．untilC．a(chǎn)fter D．when
小題18:
A．seeB．hearC．realize D．tell
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)ctualB．trueC．imaginary D．visual
小題20:
A．sadB．bitterC．happy D．exciting

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:B
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:C
小題15:B
小題16:C
小題17:B
小題18:C
小題19:B
小題20:C

年少的時(shí)候，我們心目中可能有各種各樣的英雄形象，讓我們激動(dòng)、崇拜并仿效；等我們慢慢長(zhǎng)大，才發(fā)覺(jué)真正的英雄其實(shí)就在我們身邊，他（她）們默默無(wú)聞，無(wú)私奉獻(xiàn)，就像文章中這位母親。
小題1:該句句意為“但我承認(rèn)2000年那個(gè)星期天對(duì)我而言苦樂(lè)參半�！�
小題2:作為單身母親，我總是不由自主想到自己的缺點(diǎn)。tend to do意為“傾向于”。
小題3:服務(wù)員收入微薄，孩子們想要的很多東西我都不能勻出錢(qián)去買(mǎi)。share勻出。
小題4:從下文內(nèi)容可知，孩子們給母親過(guò)了一個(gè)美好的母親節(jié)，他們是偉大的孩子。
小題5:該句句意為“他們從不無(wú)理地抱怨。”
小題6:但作為母親，有多少事情我想為他們做卻做不到啊。wish后面的賓語(yǔ)從句用虛擬語(yǔ)氣，表示難以實(shí)現(xiàn)的愿望。
小題7:我只是希望孩子們能夠理解（我的無(wú)奈）。
小題8:從后面的to start breakfast可知，我悄悄走進(jìn)廚房。
小題9:花瓶里裝著一打紅玫瑰，表示容器中裝有什么東西，只能用contain。
小題10:從下文內(nèi)容可知，18歲的兒子給母親寫(xiě)了一封短信，所以此處指的是字跡。
小題11:該句句意為“短信的內(nèi)容是”，read在此處意為“內(nèi)容如下”。
小題12:母親的時(shí)間表安排的很滿(mǎn)，但還是請(qǐng)了一天假帶兒子去見(jiàn)兒子心目中的英雄。
小題13:根據(jù)句意可知上下文之間是因果關(guān)系，所以用并列連詞so。
小題14:on與名詞或動(dòng)名詞連用，表示“一……就……”。
小題15:T恤衫上印著兒子崇拜的英雄的形象。
小題16:比賽后，兒子當(dāng)然要索取英雄的簽名。
小題17:母親一直陪伴著兒子直到凌晨一點(diǎn)鐘。until引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。
小題18:該句句意為“我過(guò)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才意識(shí)到，誰(shuí)是真正的英雄。”
小題19:true真正的；actual實(shí)際的；imaginary想象的；visual視覺(jué)的。
小題20:懂事的兒女讓母親感到欣慰，自然這是一個(gè)快樂(lè)的母親節(jié)。
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Bradley called his victory over Yorty “the fulfillment (實(shí)現(xiàn)) of a dream”. During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, “You can’t do this, you can’t go there, because you are a Negro.” Nevertheless he had won a decisive victory over a man who had been won 43.7 percent.
Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twenty-one years on the police force he earned a law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council (市政廳) ten years ago.
At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in those other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirty-six percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenneth Gibson was elected in 1970. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising.
In Los Angeles thousands of white citizens voted for Thomas Bradley because they believed he would be a better mayor than the white candidate(候選人). Bradley had spent forty-eight of his fifty-five years in Los Angeles. Four years ago Bradley lost mayoral election to Yorty. This time Bradley won.
小題1:In the author’s opinion, it was surprising that _______.
A．the whites would vote for a black mayor
B．a(chǎn) black mayor would be elected in such a large city
C．a(chǎn) black from a poor farmer’s family could be elected mayor of Los Angeles
D．there would be so many black mayors
小題2:From the passage we can infer that people ________.
A．voted for Bradley because of his black color
B．didn’t care much about his color when they voted
C．voted for him to give a chance to fulfill his dream
D．voted for Bradley because they trust him
小題3: Bradley hit the front page headline for _______.
A．he was the first black mayor in history
B．he was the first black mayor in the south of USA
C．he was the first black mayor of one of the largest cities in USA
D．a(chǎn) poor farmer’s son could also win an important election
小題4: From Bradley’s victory in the election we can see that ________.
A．blacks had equal rights as whites in the USA
B．black people’s situation began to be improving much more than before
C．one can be successful through hard work in the USA no matter what color he is
D．it is certain that someday the USA will have a black president

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