When I was learning calligraphy (書法), my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practiced handwriting with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you'll write better.”
The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered，“When you used old newspaper to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft. It didn't matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn't pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper and you'll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you'll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you'll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing. Of course you've made rapid progress.”
Indeed, we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspaper”．We don't care if we scrawl and waste it, thinking that it will come endlessly—the “old newspaper” is inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there's no chance for us to draft. That's because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.
Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.
小題1:The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought ________.
A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper
B．it was comfortable to write on the best paper
C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper
D．the student could write more on the best paper
小題2:The student didn't make much progress at first because ________.
A．he didn't follow his teacher's advice
B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write on
C．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft
D．he was not used to the calligrapher's teaching manner
小題3:We learn from the passage that ________.
A．the student finally gave up
B．the student made rapid progress by practicing more carefully
C．the calligrapher was strict with his students
D．old newspaper is not useful
小題4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．What teachers say is always true.
B．Success calls for attentiveness.
C．Handwriting is easy to practice.
D．New things are always better than old ones.
小題5:The writer wants to tell us that ________.
A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B．life is like old newspaper
C．we should learn from the student in the story
D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：本文講述了一個學(xué)生使用舊報紙無法寫出非常好的書法，但是使用了最后的紙以后，書法進(jìn)步很大。是因為在使用了好的紙張以后，更加認(rèn)真更加珍惜，更加注意了。說明成功需要我們更加關(guān)注，更加注意。同時告訴我們不要把人生當(dāng)成是草稿，要珍惜人生。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段5,6，7行Now you use the best paper and you'll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you'll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you'll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing.可知如果使用了好的紙張，學(xué)生就會寫得非常用心認(rèn)真。故A正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行“When you used old newspaper to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft. It didn't matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn't pay much attention to it.可知在舊報紙上寫，你會認(rèn)為是在寫草稿，就不夠認(rèn)真。故C正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一句和最后一句The student did as he was told. It really worked.和you'll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing. Of course you've made rapid progress.”可知換了好的紙以后，他的書法真的好了起來。故B正確。
小題4:B 推理題。本文主要講述了一個學(xué)生使用舊報紙無法寫出非常好的書法，但是使用了最后的紙以后，書法進(jìn)步很大。是因為在使用了好的紙張以后，更加認(rèn)真更加珍惜，更加注意了。說明成功需要我們更加關(guān)注，更加注意。故B正確。
小題5:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后5行Indeed, we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspaper”．We don't care if we scrawl and waste it, thinking that it will come endlessly—the “old newspaper” is inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there's no chance for us to draft. That's because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.可知我們不能把生活當(dāng)成是練字的舊報紙，當(dāng)成草稿，而是應(yīng)該認(rèn)真仔細(xì)地對待我們的每一天。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評：本文告訴我們不要把人生當(dāng)成練字的舊報紙，要珍惜人生。測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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C．Fish are dangerous to eat because the water is polluted
D．Fish are clever
小題2:Dr. Lynne Sneddon describes the behavior of eating fish in a(n) _______ tone.
A．opposedB．optimisticC．indifferentD．supportive
小題3:Which word below can take the place of the underlined word “conspicuous” in Paragraph 4?
A．obviousB．easyC．impossibleD．necessary
小題4:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _____________ .
A．Human beings should stop eating fish
B．We would feel guilty if we continued eating fish
C．People eat fish because fish are delicious
D．Cucumber is a kind of vegetable or fruit
小題5:What was the author’s purpose when writing this passage?
A．To advise people to stop eating fish.
B．To introduce a topic of whether people should eat fish.
C．To advise people not to stop eating fish.
D．To tell us that fish will feel pain when caught and transported.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   16  to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   17  the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old mind thinking that she wouldn’t live   18   from then on.
Over the years, I   19  and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   20  a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a particularly tiring day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   21 .
A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   22  into my son’s room with a box of  23 . After 16 years, I still   24  Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about her life since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she smoothed the path for those people who were less   25  than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   26 .
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   27 . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was  28 . From this person that I thought would have no quality of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously   29  and we moved north, but I owe Helen   30  that I can never repay.
小題1:
A．walking B．ridingC．runningD．driving
小題2:
A．Lived B．survivedC．existedD．escaped
小題3:
A．equally B．calmlyC．quietlyD．normally
小題4:
A．studied B．movedC．workedD．1ived
小題5:
A．sufferingB．causingC．bearingD．catching
小題6:
A．upB．offC．backD．down
小題7:
A．ranB．walkedC．rolledD．moved
小題8:
A．tissuesB．presentsC．pillsD．candies
小題9:
A．realizedB．knewC．recognizedD．reminded
小題10:
A．richB．healthyC．strongD．fortunate
小題11:
A．moneyB．hopeC．pityD．medicine
小題12:
A．smallB．pitifulC．weakD．shameless
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)dmittedB．beatenC．hurtD．hospitalized
小題14:
A．treatedB．worsenedC．relievedD．recovered
小題15:
A．some money B．some tissuesC．a(chǎn) debtD．a(chǎn) hope

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