Peter Wiggins grew up in a poor family. He worked diligently at his ____ job as teaching assistant in a private kindergarten and put in three more hours at night as a part­time cashier at a ___. By the time Peter walked home with slow and heavy steps every day,it was often close to ____.
Peter worked very hard in order to ____ his aged parents who had retired as restroom cleaners with ____ savings left after putting Peter and his sister through school. Peter was the only ___, for his sister, Beth, was often in poor health.
One day, as Peter was walking home from ACE Supermarket where he ____, he stumbled(絆腳) upon a small brown packet on the pavement. The package was slightly ____.
So he picked it up to examine it more closely. To his ____, it contained fifty­dollar bills. Peter knew it was not his to keep and that the ____ might urgently need the money.
Without ____, Peter walked quickly to the nearest police station and handed it over to Mr. Roberts who was the police officer ____ for that night. Surprised to see someone hand in such a large amount of cash ____,the police officer said that Peter was indeed a role model others could ____.
“It's nothing really...I was doing what ____ would have done,” Peter's face turned red as the officer continued to ask for his name and contact number so that the owner could ____ thank him. The next day, Peter received a ____. The owner of the lost money was none other than Peter's ____ at the ACE Supermarket! He had found out about Peter from Roberts and had decided to ____ Peter to the position of manager with a handsome increase in salary. He had also decided to pay for Beth's ___.Peter was overjoyed.

【小題1】
A.a(chǎn)ny­time B.short­time
C.day­time D.night­time
【小題2】
A.supermarket B.night school
C.restaurant D.hotel
【小題3】
A.morning B.noon
C.evening D.midnight
【小題4】
A.settle B.impress
C.support D.treat
【小題5】
A.more B.some
C.little D.much
【小題6】
A.son B.breadwinner
C.one D.a(chǎn)ssistant
【小題7】
A.stayed B.shopped
C.worked D.visited
【小題8】
A.old B.torn
C.familiar D.heavy
【小題9】
A.joy B.disappointment
C.shock D.relief
【小題10】
A.leader B.a(chǎn)ssistant
C.boss D.owner
【小題11】
A.success B.fear
C.hesitation D.doubt
【小題12】
A.on behalf B.on duty
C.on watch D.on purpose
【小題13】
A.unfinished B.unused
C.untouched D.unexpected
【小題14】
A.look at B.look up to
C.look down on D.look forward to
【小題15】
A.few B.none
C.a(chǎn)nybody D.policemen
【小題16】
A.independently B.personally
C.cautiously D.regularly
【小題17】
A.letter B.notice
C.call D.packet
【小題18】
A.colleague B.boss
C.consumer D.enemy
【小題19】
A.introduce B.expose
C.promote D.lead
【小題20】
A.university education B.travel costs
C.holiday parties D.medical treatment


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

解析文章大意:好人有好報(bào)。此言確實(shí)不假?纯幢说玫脑庥觯阋欢〞(huì)生出如此感慨。
【小題1】C  “日間”作為私立幼兒園的教師助理,他工作得很勤奮。此處與空后的at night和part­time(兼職)反義照應(yīng)。
【小題2】A 晚上他要在“超市”兼職收銀員三個(gè)小時(shí)。后文47空前ACE Supermarket與此處照應(yīng)。
【小題3】D 當(dāng)彼得拖著沉重的腳步回到家時(shí),常常已經(jīng)接近“半夜”了。midnight“半夜”;morning“早上”;noon“中午”;evening“晚上”
【小題4】C 彼得工作非?炭嗍菫榱恕百狆B(yǎng)”他年邁的老人。support“供養(yǎng),贍養(yǎng)”;settle“解決,安排,定居”;impress“使印象深刻,使銘記”;treat“招待,對(duì)待”。
【小題5】C 他的父母是廁所清潔工,讓彼得和他的妹妹上完學(xué)后,兩人都已經(jīng)退休,“沒(méi)什么積蓄”。
【小題6】B 他的妹妹經(jīng)常生病,所以彼得就是唯一的“養(yǎng)家糊口的人”。breadwinner“養(yǎng)家糊口的人”。
【小題7】C 彼得在ACE超市“工作”。此處與42空照應(yīng)。
【小題8】B 從后文內(nèi)容可知,錢包是“裂開(kāi)了口的”。
【小題9】C 讓彼得感到“震驚”的是,錢包里有很多錢。to one's shock“令人震驚的是”;to one's joy“令人高興的是”;to one's disappointment“令人失望的是”;to one's relief“令人如釋重負(fù)的是”。
【小題10】D 彼得知道“失主”可能急需這筆錢。owner“失主”;leader“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)”;assistant“助手”;boss“老板”。
【小題11】C 沒(méi)有一絲“猶豫”,彼得趕到了最近的警局,把錢包交給了當(dāng)晚“值班”的警官。hesitation“猶豫”;success“成功”;fear“恐懼,害怕”;doubt“懷疑”。
【小題12】B 見(jiàn)上題解析。on duty“值班”;on behalf of“代表”;on watch“警戒,監(jiān)視”;on purpose“故意地”。
【小題13】C 吃驚地看到有人把這么一大筆錢“原封不動(dòng)的”上交了,警官說(shuō)彼得是其他人“尊敬”的道德模范。untouched“未觸動(dòng)過(guò)的,原樣的”;unfinished“未完成的”;unused“未使用的”;unexpected“出人意料的”。
【小題14】B 見(jiàn)上題解析。look up to“尊敬”;look at“看”;look down on“瞧不起”;look forward to“盼望,期盼”。
【小題15】C 沒(méi)什么......我只是做了“任何人”都會(huì)做的事。
【小題16】B 警官繼續(xù)問(wèn)他的姓名和聯(lián)系電話以便失主“親自”感謝他。personally“直接,親自地”;independently“獨(dú)立地”;cautiously“小心謹(jǐn)慎的”;regularly“有規(guī)律地”。
【小題17】C 第二天,彼得接到了一個(gè)“電話”。此處與空前的contact number照應(yīng)。
【小題18】B 失主恰恰正是彼得工作的ACE超市的“老板”。
【小題19】C 老板早就決定“提升”彼得為經(jīng)理。promote“提升”;introduce“介紹,引進(jìn)”;expose“暴露”;lead“帶領(lǐng)”。
【小題20】D 老板還決定為彼得妹妹的“醫(yī)療治療”買單。此處與46空后often in poor health照應(yīng)。

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Coming home from school, I was filled with excitement. But I was       into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the end of the sofa,        , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me she couldn’t type fast and she was out of work. My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect       of how     I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very     to understand. I could      her pain and the tension (壓力) of     the strong feeling that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly,  something inside me     . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face       my shoulder and sobbed. I held her       and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, and that was enough. At that moment,       mother’s back with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to     .  She was still my mother,     she was  something     : a person like me, capable of fear and       and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought     in her arms.
A week later mother took a job at half the salary the radio station       . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said      . But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very       feeling now when I heard her tapping away across the paper at night. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to       .

【小題1】
A.lazy B.shocked C.a(chǎn)shamed D.tired
【小題2】
A.smiling B.thinking C.crying D.whispering
【小題3】
A.proof B.feeling C.excuse D.explanation
【小題4】
A.little B.much C.eagerly D.worriedly
【小題5】
A.suddenly B.slowly C.proudly D.quickly
【小題6】
A.watch B.recognize C.look D.sense
【小題7】
A.putting away B.stopping from C.sitting up D.holding back
【小題8】
A.turned B.lit C.increased D.rose
【小題9】
A.through B.a(chǎn)gainst C.up D.to
【小題10】
A.carefully B.politely C.tightly D.thoughtfully
【小題11】
A.feeling B.reaching C.watching D.sensing
【小題12】
A.break B.content C.understand D.fall
【小題13】
A.still B.therefore C.yet D.however
【小題14】
A.much B.huge C.little D.more
【小題15】
A.cut B.hurt C.defeat D.wound
【小題16】
A.memory B.support C.comfort D.kindness
【小題17】
A.offered B.paid for C.contributed D.supplied
【小題18】
A.sadly B.simply C.excitedly D.worriedly
【小題19】
A.hard B.pleasant C.serious D.different
【小題20】
A.work B.write C. type D.sell

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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:單選題

—Our English teacher is so great!
—_____, especially his oral English.

A.I couldn’t agree more B.That’s all right  
C.I’m not sure about it D.I don’t agree with you 

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