Robert is a boss who hires me as a helper. He has lost his home and now has to live back at home, with his mother, at 46.
We had a job in Fort Bending. Robert bought me breakfast there. As we were leaving ,a man walked to us asking if he could get some work from Roberts' company. Robert explained there was no work for the man and the man started to walk away. As I looked from the leaving man back to Robert, l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him. I asked Robert, "Why did you do that?" Robert said "He really had bad luck-what does a few dollars mater?"
After a very long, hard day, we stopped at a Quick Trip for a soda. I got through the check out ahead of Robert and went back out to the work truck. Beside the truck was a woman in a car. She had 3 kids and asked me if I could help-she had been evicted-had now where to go with her children-they were living in the car. I told her I was also hurting in these times-sorry I could not. Robert came out. opened the work truck and we got in I told him about the lady I didn't even finish the story when Robert was out. his door- around the truck and giving the women money to help her and her kids out. When Robert returned I asked, "Why did you do that, she didn't even ask you". He said “I have an ex-wife(前妻)and a kid-if they need help and I am not able, someone will help them"
【小題1】Why did the man walk to the writer and Robert?
A.To ask for a lift in Robert's truck. |
B.To look for a job in Robert's company |
C.To beg for some money to buy a ticket. |
D.To expect Robert to buy him breakfast. |
A.driven away | B.picked up | C.looked down | D.turned down |
A.Kind. | B.Proud. | C.Rich. | D.Cruel, |
A.he expected to get married to the woman |
B.she made him think of his ex-wife and kid |
C.she asked him whether he could give a hand |
D.he felt sorry for being unable to support his family |
【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
【小題5】B
解析試題分析:文章講述作者的朋友Robert的故事,雖然自己的生活和生意都很艱難,但是他還是盡所能的幫助別人。
【小題1】細節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:As we were leaving ,a man walked to us asking if he could get some work from Roberts' company. 可知這個人找作者和Robert是想找個工作,選B
【小題2】句意理解題:從第二段的句子:l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him.可知Robert給了這個人一些錢,說明Robert不在乎錢,選D
【小題3】推理題:從第三段的句子:had now where to go with her children-they were living in the car.可知這個婦女和孩子過去住在車里,說明他們被趕走了,選A
【小題4】推理題:從第二段的句子:l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him.和第三段的句子:Robert was out. his door- around the truck and giving the women money to help her and her kids out. 可知Robert是很善良的人,選A
【小題5】細節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子:When Robert returned I asked, "Why did you do that, she didn't even ask you". He said “I have an ex-wife(前妻)and a kid-if they need help and I am not able, someone will help them"可知Robert幫助這個婦女是因為這個婦女使他想起自己的前妻和孩子,選B
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours (繞行路) in life than by the narrow road toward goals.I like this image.But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.
For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents’ home in Boise in nine hours.We traveled the way most people do:the fastest,shortest,easiest road,especially when I was alone with four noisy,restless kids who hate confinement (限制) and have strong opinions about everything.
Road trips felt risky,so I would drive fast,stopping only when I had to.We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.
But then Banner,our lamb was born.He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise.I had two choices:leave Banner with my husband,or take him with me.My husband made the decision for me.
That is how I found myself on the road with four kids,a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through.We took the country roads out of necessity.We had to stop every hour,let Banner shake out his legs and feed him.The kids chased him and one another.They’d get back in the car breathless and energized,smelling fresh from the cold air.
We explored side roads,catching grasshoppers in waisthigh grass.Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother,or fish leaping out of the water,it was better than the best ride down the freeway.Here was life.And new horizons (見識).
We eventually arrived at my parents’ doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.
I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique.On an empty section of road,everyone started quarreling.I stopped the car,ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead.I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.
Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight.But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journey-and the best part of yourself.
【小題1】Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents’home?
A.It was less tiring. |
B.It would be faster and safer. |
C.Her kids would feel less confined. |
D.She felt better with other drivers nearby. |
A.relax in the fresh air |
B.take a deep breath |
C.take care of the lamb |
D.let the kids play with Banner |
A.Freeways are where beauty hides. |
B.Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life. |
C.Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one’s health. |
D.One should follow side roads to watch wild animals. |
A.To give herself some time to read. |
B.To order some food for them. |
C.To play a game with them. |
D.To let them cool down. |
A.Charm of the Detour |
B.The Road to Bravery |
C.Creativity out of Necessity |
D.Road Trip and Country Life |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
My father had always been an alert observer of human character. Within seconds of meeting someone, he could sum up their strengths and weaknesses. It was always a challenge to see if any of my boyfriends could pass Dad’s test. None did. Dad was always right—they didn’t pass my test either. After Dad died, I wondered how I’d figure it out on my own.
That’s when Jack arrived on the scene. He was different from any other guy I’d dated. He could sit for hours on the piano bench with my mother, discussing some composers. My brother Rick loudly announced that Jack wasn’t a turkey like the other guys I’d brought home. Jack passed my family’s test. But what about Dad’s?
Then came my mother’s birthday. The day he was supposed to drive, I got a call. “Don’t worry,” he said, “but I’ve been in an accident. I’m fine, but I need you to pick me up.”
When I got there, we rushed to a flower shop for something for Mom. “How about gardenias(梔子花)?” Jack said, pointing at a beautiful white corsage (胸花). The florist put the corsage in a box.
The entire ride, Jack was unusually quiet. “Are you all right?” I asked. “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking,” he said. “I might be moving.” Moving? Then he added, “Moving in with you.” I nearly put the car on the sidewalk. “What?” I asked. “I think we should get married,” he said. He told me he’d planned his proposal in a fancy restaurant, but after the accident, he decided to do it right away. “Yes,” I whispered. We both sat dumbfounded, tears running down our cheeks. I’d never known such a tender moment. If only Dad were here to give his final approval.
“Oh, let’s just go inside.” Jack laughed. My mother opened the door. “Happy Birthday!” we shouted. Jack handed the box to her. She opened it up. Suddenly, her eyes were filled with tears. “Mom, what’s wrong?” I asked. “I’m sorry,” she said, wiping her eyes. “This is only the second gardenia corsage I’ve ever received. I was given one years ago, long before you kids were born.” “From who?” I asked. “Your father,” Mom said. “He gave me one right before we were engaged.” My eyes locked on Jack’s as I blinked away(眨掉) tears. Dad’s test? I knew Jack had passed.
【小題1】 According to the text, we know the writer’s father was __________.
A.interested in observing things around |
B.good at judging one’s character |
C.strict with her boyfriend |
D.fond of challenges |
A.Jack got the family’s approval except Dad’s. |
B.Jack was different from any other boy. |
C.Jack was getting on well with Mother. |
D.Jack knew a lot about piano. |
A.piece of advice | B.wedding ceremony |
C.celebration of birthday | D.offer of marriage |
A.pleased | B.worried |
C.surprised | D.disappointed |
A.The gift was the same as the one her husband gave her. |
B.She had never received such a beautiful gift. |
C.Her daughter found her life partner at last. |
D.The gardenia corsage was too expensive. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
閱讀下面短文,按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。
Everyone had a childhood. And childhood experiences are often very funny. Children often make us 【小題1】(laugh). It’s true 【小題2】children brighten up a home. They never turn off the lights.
I often recall my childhood, the years 【小題3】 many interesting things happened. When I was a two-year-old child, both my parents were always very busy with their work. My mother worked 【小題4】 a sales manager in a company while my father served in 【小題5】 army. So I lived with my grandma in a village. I was always waiting for my parents at home. Once my father 【小題6】 (send) us a photo of his in a soldier’s uniform, 【小題7】 was posted on the table reminding me of him.
Once my mother came to see me and we went 【小題8】 (shop) together. On the way we saw a group of soldiers. And when I saw them, I became very 【小題9】 (excite). I said in a ringing voice pointing to 【小題10】 , “This is my father, and this is my father, and that is my father, too!”
My mother said she would remember that moment all her life.
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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely―a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
【小題1】 Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?
A.She had seven brothers. | B.She felt herself a nobody. |
C.She was too shy to go to school. | D.She did not have any good teachers. |
A.develop her writing style | B.run away from her family |
C.make a lot of friends | D.search for a husband |
A.Her early years in college. | B.Her training in the Workshop. |
C.Her childhood experience | D.Her feeling of being different. |
A.It is quite popular among students. |
B.It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros. |
C.It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish. |
D.It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Alexi s Vaughan,17,sat tiredly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car.The early Saturday morning run with her father,Michael,was part of the punishment.She stared sadly out of the window at the cornfields.
An experienced hunter,Alexis let her eyes lazily search for wildlife.She was shocked when a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them.Mule deer never appeared in plain sight ten days before hunting season.It was a buck—a male deer with sharp,three-pronged antlers(三齒鹿角).
Suddenly Alexis heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head.She realized the buck was attacking a woman.Sue Panter had been Out for her morning run.The deer had appeared from the tall corn and begun following her.Having lived in the countryside of Idaho for years,Sue knew that most deer got frightened by humans.But this deer moved closer,even when she threw a handful of small stones at it.
“I knew I was in trouble,”she says.
The buck rushed forward,lifted her up with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel the antlers made small holes in her leg and blood ran down her leg.
When the Vaughans pulled up,the buck was throwing Sue like a rag doll. Before her father had stopped the car,Alexis rushed out of the car and down the slope(斜坡)toward the buck.“1 was kicking and hitting it hard with my fists to get its attention so that It will leave the woman,”she says.However,the animal was not frightened at all.Then Michael pushed the buck away from the woman by the antlers.
Alexis helped Sue up the slope and into the Vaughans’car.Then she tied a tourniquet(止血帶)to Sue's right leg.Her neck was cut.Then she heard her father shout loudly. Michael had been knocked to the ground,his right leg seriously cut by the buck. Alexis took a hammer from the car and ran to where Michael lay on his back in the dirt.She beat the buck’s head and neck,but the blows didn’t frighten it away.“I was losing faith,”she says.
“A couple more strikes,Alexis,”said Michael.“You can do it.”Alexis closed her eyes and hit with all her strength at the deer’s neck with the hammer. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away.
A1exis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the hospital in Franklin,hearing her dad’s breathing grow difficuIt and unsmooth as the blood from his wounded leg had flowed through the T—shirt he'd wrapped around it.In the backseat,Sue looked unconscious.
After doctors treated Sue and Michael,Sue tearfully thanked her rescuers.“ You expect aTeenage girl to get on the phone and call for help in such a situation, not to beat up a deershe says.
【小題1】What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A.The story happened during hunting season. |
B.It is unusual to see mule deer at this time of year. |
C.The beautiful sight outside the car made Alexis excited. |
D.Alexis enjoys running with her father on Saturday morning. |
A.By trying to bring the buck’s life to an end. |
B.By frightening the buck to run away down the slope. |
C.By trying to draw the buck’s attention away from Sue. |
D.By pushing the buck away from Sue by the antlers. |
A.His neck was seriously cut. |
B.Both his legs were badly wounded. |
C.There were bloody holes in his left leg. |
D.He had difficulty breathing because of blood loss. |
A.Alexis is an unusually brave girl. |
B.It’s risky for Alexis not to ask for help. |
C.Girls are willing to lend a helping hand. |
D.Girls are often at a 1oss in face of danger. |
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The week after Jane's birthday, Barbara and Mary were away. Jane decided to have a late birthday party. She telephoned several friends. She asked some to bring records, some to bring food and others to bring something to drink. She rang another friend to see if she could borrow his record player. She herself bought some food and drink to get the party going. She took up all the carpets (地毯) so that they could dance. She did not know whether Barbara and Mary would have approved (贊成), but as long as she was careful, she was sure that they would not mind. She warned the two people in the flat above and invited them down. ?
“Oh, ” said Jane, surprised. “What's all this about? ”
The first guests arrived soon after eight. The music was soon playing loudly and they started dancing. Some of Jane's friends brought other friends with them. As more and more people arrived,the noise increased. People started shouting at each other, so they turned the music up. This made it more difficult to hear each other above the music, so they shouted more loudly. At half past ten the bell rang. “Turn down the music!” someone shouted. “Someone probably called the police.” When Jane opened the door, there was a policeman standing there. She started to apologize, “I'm sorry about all the noise, officer. But you see, it was my birthday last week and I'm having a party.” “Never mind about that, miss. We're here because of something much more important.”
“Well, there's been a report of burglary (盜竊行為). We think the thief may have come to your party, pretending to be a friend of someone here. ”
【小題1】When did Jane have the party?
A.On her birthday. | B.After her birthday. |
C.Before Barbara and Mary left. | D.As soon as she telephone her friends. |
A.They got rather angry with each other. |
B.They were very glad to make new friends. |
C.They became too excited while dancing. |
D.They couldn't hear each other because of the music. |
A.They made too much noise. |
B.A thief was among the guests. |
C.He had some important things to do. |
D.He was interested in birthday parties. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Once a great boxer (拳擊家), Tom Brown, went to a restaurant(飯館)for dinner. He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would take it. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it: “The great boxer, Tom Brown, left his bag here. He’ll come back in a few minutes. ” He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came back, his bag wasn’t there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground. It said: “A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back. ”
【小題1】Tom Brown went to the restaurant ________.
A.for his bag | B.to see the runner |
C.to have his meal | D.for his pen |
A.to put down his bag near the door |
B.he couldn’t find his pen |
C.thieves would take his bag away |
D.he couldn’t get enough food himself from the restaurant |
A.thought the thief would not steal (偷) his bag when he read the words |
B.was a boxer |
C.wanted to catch the thief |
D.wanted to get to know the runner |
A.found another piece of paper on the ground |
B.found his bag wasn’t there |
C.both A and B |
D.saw the runner running after him |
A.Mr Brown was foolish. |
B.The runner was a thief. |
C.The runner made a joke on Mr Brown. |
D.The boxer didn’t know the runner at all. |
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Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. “Yes, honey. Of course.” she said.
“Can we write him a letter?”
She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, “Yes.”
My heart jumped. “How? Does the mailman go there?” I asked.
“No, but I have an idea.” Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.
“Just wait, honey. You’ll see.” Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.
She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped (纏繞) the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.
“Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three.”
The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.
Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he’d persevere, dart up, and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary. I prayed to be a balloon.
【小題1】What does the underlined sentence imply?
A.When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother felt it hard to answer. |
B.When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother thought her a creative girl. |
C.When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother believed it easy to do so. |
D.When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother found it easy to lie. |
A.jumped with surprise | B.became excited |
C.didn’t know how to write | D.was worried that it couldn’t be delivered |
A.An incurable disease. | B.An unforgettable memory. |
C.The hard time her father had. | D.The failures her father experienced. |
A.An unforgettable experience. | B.The strong red balloon. |
C.Fly to paradise. | D.A great father. |
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