Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present．He was so    16 ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes．
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball   17  , Chuck Hart．    18   Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship（運(yùn)動(dòng)員風(fēng)范） and infamous（臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)的）   19 , he was a great player．In fact, Travis wasn't thinking about Hart' s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart' s  20  on the side of the box．The first indication that something was   21  came as he tore away the last piece of paper．Not Hart' s．The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was   22   for his amazing work in the community．
Travis's hands   23  ; his heart stopped．It wasn't that the Ryann shoes weren't nice, but what would his friends think ?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be   24  by the other players． When he looked up into his dad' s eyes, however, Travis knew  he  25  tell him． "'Thanks, Dad．I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box．
Next morning his dad drove him to school．When they   26  in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door．Just then, his dad stopped him．
"Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look"…" his dad said  27   "Travis, I know those aren' t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a（n）   28   The guy whose name is on those shoes," he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, "is someone I   29   .Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in   30 ?"
"No," Travis said．
" Never．He' s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he' s a team player．You could have acted like a   31  when you didn't get the shoes you wanted, Travis,   32  you were polite and made the best of it．You have    33  , like the guy whose name is on these shoes．I' m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I' 11 ever see．"
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes   34   . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful   35   .
小題1:
A．surprisedB．a(chǎn)shamedC．excitedD．worried
小題2:
A．teamB．playerC．coachD．game
小題3:
A．UnlessB．IfC．BecauseD．Although
小題4:
A．skillB．performance C．behaviorD．a(chǎn)ction
小題5:
A．nameB．photoC．signD．model
小題6:
A．strangeB．wrongC．trueD．funny
小題7:
A．knownB．encouragedC．a(chǎn)doptedD．influenced
小題8:
A．fellB．frozeC．shookD．folded
小題9:
A．questionedB．noticedC．teasedD．a(chǎn)ttacked
小題10:
A．mustn'tB．needn'tC．wouldn'tD．couldn't
小題11:
A．pulled upB．put upC．took upD．turned up
小題12:
A．peacefullyB．hesitantlyC．delightedlyD．naturally
小題13:
A．choiceB．effortC．commentD．mistake
小題14:
A．believeB．missC．a(chǎn)dmireD．remember
小題15:
A．dangerB．a(chǎn)ngerC．sorrowD．trouble
小題16:
A．teammateB．a(chǎn)dultC．kidD．student
小題17:
A．soB．a(chǎn)ndC．butD．or
小題18:
A．honorB．courageC．dreamD．belief
小題19:
A．clearlyB．carefullyC．patientlyD．differently
小題20:
A．giftB．lookC．hopeD．lesson

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

試題分析：講述一位父親通過(guò)給孩子買(mǎi)球鞋，買(mǎi)的是品行良好的的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員Ryann品牌而不是球技好但運(yùn)動(dòng)員風(fēng)范差籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員Hart名牌籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，從而教育應(yīng)成為一個(gè)什么樣的人。
小題1:下文提到他將會(huì)擁有一雙最酷的名牌籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，所以Travis在扯開(kāi)生日禮物的包裝紙時(shí)很興奮。
小題2:從下文可知Chuck Hart是一個(gè)很受歡迎的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，Travis隊(duì)里所有人都穿Chuck Hart的品牌運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋。下文又說(shuō)他因?yàn)檫\(yùn)動(dòng)員風(fēng)范差及臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)，故使用although，表讓步關(guān)系。
小題3: Hart球技很好，故排除ＡＢ，根據(jù)上文提及的運(yùn)動(dòng)員風(fēng)范差說(shuō)明是行為不檢點(diǎn)，但卻是一個(gè)很受歡迎的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，說(shuō)明是讓步關(guān)系。Although盡管，符合題意。
小題4:從下一句Travis 不去考慮Chuck Hart的行為（behavior），可以判定Chuck Hart行為（behavior）臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)，故選C
小題5:他只是想禮物盒里有一雙印有Chuck Hart名字的鞋子。Travis隊(duì)里所有人都穿Chuck Hart的品牌運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋。
小題6:從下文Not Hart' s可知Travis剝開(kāi)最后一層后他的第一反應(yīng)就是出問(wèn)題了，不是Hart品牌。
小題7:be known for因?yàn)�。。。而出名，Ryann因?yàn)槌錾墓ぷ髟谏鐓^(qū)出名。
小題8:同后文 his heart stopped并列，描述Travis當(dāng)時(shí)的失落心情：他的手僵住了，心不跳了。
小題9:從上文可知，Travis隊(duì)里所有人都穿Chuck Hart的品牌運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，而Travis的卻是Ryann的牌子，他怕被隊(duì)友嘲笑。
小題10:他無(wú)法說(shuō)出“這正是我期盼的鞋子”，couldn’t不能夠
小題11:pull up 停下（住),put up 舉起，張貼 take up從事，占據(jù)；turn up把聲音調(diào)大，出現(xiàn)，句意，當(dāng)他們?cè)谀康牡赝Ｏ碌臅r(shí)候，Travis慢慢的打開(kāi)車(chē)門(mén)。
小題12:從上文 look"…"，父親說(shuō)的話可知，父親欲言又止，很猶豫地說(shuō)。
小題13:make a choice做選擇，父親買(mǎi)鞋時(shí)要在Hart和Ryann這兩個(gè)人中選擇。
小題14:父親買(mǎi)鞋選擇了他欽佩的那個(gè)人Ryann的品牌鞋子。Admire敬佩，欽佩
小題15:從下文“他從來(lái)不跟教練頂嘴，不打架”可看出他不自己惹事，in trouble
小題16:根據(jù)常識(shí)，小孩沒(méi)有得到自己想要的鞋子就會(huì)有明顯的不高興的表現(xiàn)。
小題17:轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。但你得有禮貌，充分的利用好這雙鞋子。
小題18:我希望終有一天，你有這個(gè)榮耀你自己的名字出現(xiàn)在鞋子上。
小題19:經(jīng)過(guò)父親的一番教誨，Travis再看這雙鞋時(shí)有了不同的態(tài)度。
小題20:父親運(yùn)用他的智慧給了他的孩子發(fā)人深思的禮物。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：講述一位父親通過(guò)給孩子買(mǎi)球鞋，教育應(yīng)成為一個(gè)什么樣的人。答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達(dá)的思想，注意前后段落之間的關(guān)系。答題中，一定要認(rèn)真分析，注意選項(xiàng)與上下文的關(guān)系，與前后單詞的關(guān)系。對(duì)于一時(shí)沒(méi)有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來(lái)完成，因?yàn)橛袝r(shí)答案可以從下文內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項(xiàng)能不能是語(yǔ)句通順，語(yǔ)意連貫。
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Good leaders are positive and optimistic when they speak about the future. Their enthusiasm wins them plenty of supporters who help make their vision a reality.
Good leaders also understand that different people are motivated by different things. For employees motivated by a need for achievement, a leader explains how the task offers an opportunity to take on a challenge with an achievable goal. And employees are motivated by hearing how they will be part of a team of people working together.
Good leaders will introduce employees by name first, rather than job titles. They refer to employees as team members, companions, or colleagues, never as “servants”. Words have power, including the power to make people feel whether or not they are important to the success of an organization.
Good leaders believe that every team member matters and set up environments that make everyone feel important. It is no wonder they can attract the support they need to help them achieve their goals.
小題1:What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A．To tell us how to be a good leader at work.
B．To describe the proper relationship between leaders and employees.
C．To inform us of how leaders and employees should communicate.
D．To show the optimism of a leader.
小題2:What is the most important to be a good leader?
A．A good leader learns art very well.
B．A good leader can promote employees.
C．A good leader can satisfy all his or her employees.
D．A good leader can make employees happy and willing in their work.
小題3:What should a good leader do for an employee who wants to succeed at work?
A．To promote the employee to a leadership role.
B．To draw a beautiful picture of the employee’s future.
C．To encourage the employee to meet the challenges of his work.
D．To let the staff know the important role the employee plays.
小題4:We can infer from the passage that_________.
A．a(chǎn) good leader is always good at creating comfortable working conditions
B．the support of employees is necessary for a leader to reach his goal
C．names are much easier to remember than job titles
D．the motivation of the employees all comes from the leader

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Elephants have four distinct personalities that help their herd survive in the African bush, scientists have found. 
With their grey skin, mournful eyes and slow heavy pace, you could be forgiven for thinking elephants are uniformly melancholy(憂郁的) creatures. But scientists have now discovered the largest living land animals have personalities to match their size.
In a new study of African elephants, researchers have identified four distinct characters that are common in a herd – the leaders, the gentle giants, the playful rogues(小淘氣) and the reliable plodders (辛勤工作的人).
Each of the types has developed to help the giant mammals survive in their harsh environment and is almost unique in the animal kingdom, according to the scientists.
Professor Phyllis Lee and her colleague Cynthia Moss studied a herd of elephants in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya known as the EB family — famous for their matriarch Echo before she died in 2009.
Using data collected over 38 years of watching this group, the researchers analyzed them for 26 types of behavior and found four personality features tended to emerge.
The strongest personality to emerge was that of the leader. Unlike other animals, where leadership tends to be won by the most dominant and aggressive individual, the elephants instead respected intelligence and problem solving in their leader. Echo, the matriarch and oldest in the group, her daughter Enid, and Ella, the second oldest female, all emerged as leaders.
The playful elephants tended to be younger but were more curious and active. Eudora, a 40-year-old female in the herd, seemed to be the most playful, consistently showing this feature throughout her life while playfulness in some of the other elephants declined with age.
Gentle elephants, which included two 27-year-old females Eleanor and Eliot, touched and rubbed against others more than the others.
Those that were reliable tended to be those that were most consistent at making good decisions, helped to care for infants in the herd and were calm when faced with threats. Echo and her youngest daughter Ebony seemed to be the most reliable.
Professor Lee said that elephants with these features tended to be the most socially integrated in the group while those who tended to be less reliable and pushy were more likely to split from the herd.
小題1:From the passage we get to know that ________.
A．the researchers reached their conclusion by analyzing the data
B．the research centered on the 26 types of behavior of the matriarch
C．the scientists conducted the research by comparing elephants with other animals
D．professor Phyllis Lee and her colleague spent nearly 38 years tracking the herd
小題2:According to the new findings of the scientists, ________.
A．playfulness of an elephant will always decline with age
B．those elephants which are caring and wise are most reliable
C．each elephant can be matched with only one of the four personalities
D．once becoming a member of a herd, an elephant will never split from it
小題3:In the EB family Echo and Eudora are ________.
A．mother and daughterB．two oldest females
C．the gentlest onesD．leader and member

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