As a child,I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost;these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange__36 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that__37 me so much.There was never total__38 ,but a streetlight or passing car lights__39 clothes hung over a chair take on the__40 of a wild animal.Out of the corner of my__41 ,I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no__42 .A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight.My__43 would run wild,and my heart would beat fast.I would__44 very still so that the“enemy”would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, __45 on the way home from school.Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home—that was no__46 .After school, __47 ,when all the buses were__48 up along the street,I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some__49 neighbourhood.On school or family trips to a park or a museum,I wouldn't__50 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears__51 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or__52 by others.Being popular was so important to me__53 ,and the fear of not being liked was a__54 one.
One of the processes(過程) of growing up is being able to __55 and overcome our fears.Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
36. A. way B. time C. place D. reason
37. A. wounded B. destroyed C. surprised D. frightened
38. A. quietness B. darkness C. emptiness D. loneliness
39. A. got B. forced C. made D. caused
40. A. spirit B. height C. body D. shape
41. A. eye B. window C. mouth D. door
42. A. breath B. wind C. air D. sound
43. A. belief B. feeling C. imagination D. doubt
44. A. lay B. hide C. rest D. lie
45. A. especially B. simply C. probably D. directly
46. A. discussion B. problem C. joke D. matter
47. A. though B. yet C. although D. still
48. A. called B. backed C. lined D. packed
49. A. old B. crowded C. poor D. unfamiliar
50. A. leave B. let C. order D. send
51. A. above B. in C. of D. at
52. A. protected B. guided C. believed D. accepted
53. A. then B. there C. once D. anyway
54. A. strict B. powerful C. heavy D. right
55. A. realize B. remember C. recognize D. recover
36---55 ADBCD ABCDA BACDB CDABC
36.way的意思是“狀況,情況”,后接定語從句things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night……,省略了in which或that。這個短語的意思是“在夜里,我熟悉的房間里的東西看上去和聽起來的狀況”。答案為A。
37.frightened的意思是“嚇唬,使害怕”。本篇短文主要講述了童年時所產(chǎn)生的恐懼感。這是一個強調(diào)句,對主語the strange way things looked and sounded in myfamiliar room at night進行強調(diào)。wounded的意思是“使受傷”;destroyed的意思是“毀壞”;surprised的意思是“使吃驚”。答案為D。
38.根據(jù)上文中的at night和下文中的a streetlight or passing car lights可以判斷出房間里并不是一片漆黑。quietness的意思是“安靜”;emptiness的意思是“空”;loneliness的意思是“寂寞”,均不合語意。答案為B。
39.根據(jù)這幾個動詞的用法可以確定答案:got ,forced和caused后接帶to的不定式;made后接不帶to的不定式。take on前面沒有to,所以要選made作為答案。答案為C。
40.shape“形狀”。路燈和過路汽車照射進房間的光線使懸掛在椅子上的衣服呈現(xiàn)出野獸的形狀。spirit的意思是“靈魂”;height的意思是“高度”;body的意思是“身體”。答案為D。
41.由于恐懼,作者不敢正眼看房間里的東西,而是偷偷的從眼角看東西。由于平時考生遇到out of the corner of時,后面往往接street, room等表示位置的詞,所以一些考生選了window或door,沒有正確理解作者當(dāng)時的心理狀態(tài)。答案為A。
42.根據(jù)所提供的情境the curtains seem to move可以確定答案。作者看到當(dāng)時房間里沒有風(fēng)(wind),而窗簾似乎在動,這更加劇了作者的恐懼感。breath, air或sound都不會引起窗簾來回的活動。答案為B。
43.所給的四個選項都是表示心理狀態(tài)的詞。belief的意思是“信念”;feeling的意思是“感情”;imagination的意思是“想象”;doubt的意思是“懷疑”。根據(jù)我們的經(jīng)驗,人們在看到使自己恐懼的東西時,會引起各種想象,浮想聯(lián)翩。答案為C。
44.根據(jù)作者在這段所講述的故事里可以判斷出,這是作者躺在床上看到的情景。lie very still的意思是“躺著一動不動”。lay是及物動詞,后接賓語,意思是“放置”。答案為D。
45.especially的意思是“特別地”,表示比較。與其他情況相比,在放學(xué)回家的路上更害怕迷路。答案為A。
46.no problem的意思是“沒問題”。由于上學(xué)時,公共汽車就在家門口,所以不會發(fā)生問題。答案為B。
47.注意區(qū)別though與although的用法:though除了作連詞引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句外,還可以作副詞,意思是“然而”。although只作連詞,不作副詞。yet含有“然而”的意思時,是并列連詞,后接句子。still作副詞的意思是“仍然”,不合語意。答案為A。
48.lined up的意思是“排成一行”。放學(xué)時,所有的汽車都沿街排成一行,使作者害怕坐錯車。答案為C。
49.作者在這段講述的是自己害怕迷路,所以這里指的是害怕公共汽車把自己帶到一個陌生的地方去。crowded的意思是“擁擠的”。答案為D。
50.let后接副詞短語作賓語補足語。在老師或家長帶作者去公園或博物館游玩或參觀時,他不讓老師或家長離開自己的視線。答案為B。
51.介詞of表示“其中的”。all后接定語從句I had……。答案為C。
52.(being)accepted by others在這句話的意思是“被別人領(lǐng)養(yǎng)”。在作者所有的恐懼里,使他最害怕的大概是失去愛或被別人領(lǐng)養(yǎng)。作者擔(dān)心自己失去父母的愛,而被父母遺棄。A項protected“保護”;B項guided“引導(dǎo)”;C項believed“認為”均不合適。答案為D。
53.then的意思是“那時”,指自己的童年時。答案為A。
54.根據(jù)所提供的情境Being popular was so important to me then中的important可以確定答案。powerful的意思是“強有力的”。與受到別人的喜歡相比,失去父母的愛的恐懼更加強大。答案為B。
55.成長的其中一個過程是有能力認識和克服自己的恐懼。recognize的意思是“認識到”。只有認識到自己的恐懼,才能克服它們。realize的意思是“實現(xiàn)”。答案為C。
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Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a full and active life Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in long-distance biking, marathons and skiing. His favorite sport, thought, is mountaineering. As a young man, Erik started to climb mountains. He reached the summit of Mount McKinley in 1995 and then climbed the dangerous 1000-metre rock wall of EI Capitan. Two years later, while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya with his girlfriend, they stopped for a time at 13,000 feet above sea level-in order to get married. In 1999, he climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America. And then , on May 25, 2001, at the age of 33, Erik successfully completed the greatest mountaineering challenge of all. He climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Erik invented his own method for climbing mountains. He carries two long poles: one to lean on and the other to test the way ahead of him. The climber in front of him wears a bell to guide him. Erik is a good team member. He does his share of the job, such as setting up tents and building snow walls. Although he could not enjoy the view, Erik felt the excitement of being on the summit of Everest. He hopes that his success will change how people think about the blind. “When people think about a blind person or blindness, now they will think about a person standing on the top of the world.
When was Erik born?
A. In 1967. B. In 1995. C. In 1968.. D. In 1969.
What was unusual about his wedding?
A. He got married on the summit of Mount McKinley.
B. He got married when climbing Mount Everest.
C. His wedding was held at 13,000 feet above sea level
D. His wedding was held after he prepared a lot.
What is Erik’s special method for climbing a mountain?
A. He takes his girlfriend with him. B. He uses two long poles to help himself
C. He does his share of the jobs. D. He keeps a good team around him.
Which of the following shows the right order of what happened?
a. He topped Mount McKinley.
b. He became blind.
c. He challenged Mount Everest.
d. He reached the peak of Kilimanjaro.
e. He climbed the rock wall of EI Capitan.
A. b a e d c B. b e d c a C. a b e d c D. b a c d e
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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.
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.
2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.
A.work for a school magazine B.run away from her family
C.make a lot of friends D.develop her writing style
3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?
A.Her early years in college. B.Her training in the Workshop.
C.Her feeling of being different. D.Her childhood experience.
4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?
A.It is quite popular among students.
B.It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.
C.It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.
D.It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.
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I was painfully shy as a child. In high school I would avoid participating in class discussions. I was too afraid to talk to anyone but my closest friends~ I would think about being less shy, wanting the courage not only to ask a girl out, but to speak up in class and say what I was thinking. Yet, it never happened. Fears showed themselves in such self-conscious questions as, " What will other people think? What if she says no?" I felt a dark presence in my mind holding me back.
This shyness continued into college. One day, the question occurred to me: Is life shy?
The thought surprised me ! Think of the leaves bursting out in the spring time, the bird singing at dawn, the sheer number of different forms of life, all expressing the wideness and scope of divine life. There's nothing shy about it. Life is everywhere and attention-grabbing (引人注意的). So, if my creator isn't shy about all the life that needs expressing, I don't need to be either.
I realized that if I wanted to overcome fear and shyness, I would have to put this law of life into practice~ Shyness, fear, and loneliness were hindering me from living my life as life: God wanted me to live it. Therefore, I decided to live how life saw me.
One example: I wrote a note to a girl, asking her out on a date. Even as I was writing it, the fears of disaffirmation and unworthiness came to me. This time however, instead of shrinking back and hiding from the fear, I put the note in the campus mail in spite of myself. I thought: whether she says yes or no, it's still right for me not to be shy. I can live with the confidence sent from the source of my life. The girl saw me in class the next day and told me that she would love to go out with me. I should not have been so surprised!
Bit by bit, I was proving that the limited view of myself no longer had control over me. After college, I worked as a newspaper reporter, earned an advanced degree in theater, became a productive writer (a lifelong dream), met a special woman whom I married, and even got a job teaching at a university.
1.The writer was shy as a child because of______.
A.a(chǎn)wareness that life is shy
B.lack of courage to speak out in public
C.fear of others' attitude and reaction
D.failure in his participation in class discussion
2."The law" in Paragraph 4 refers to the fact that______.
A.life is attention-grabbing and divine
B.God treats everything and everyone fairly
C.everything in nature is in the favour of God
D.the creator of life which needs expressing isn't shy
3.It can be learnt from Paragraph 5 that the writer______.
A.didn't hesitate before sending the note
B.wouldn't regret sending the note despite the result
C.was not surprised when the girl agreed to go out
D.believed in God and felt encouraged by the wideness of life
4.The underlined word "disaffirmation" in Paragraph 5 probably means______.
A.rejection B.laughter C.regret D.horror
5.The purpose of writing the text is to______.
A.blame those who are shy and unconfident
B.persuade people to have confidence in their career
C.share the personal experience with the readers
D.prove that the overcome of shyness helps achieve success
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How to Teach a Child Respect
As a child grows out of being an infant(嬰兒)and begins to notice and react to the world around them, you may find yourself wondering how you possibly pass all of the things that they need to become a responsible, respectful adult. 1 A child who learns to respect all he meets not only receives respect from others in kind, but learns to respect himself as well.
Instructions
★1 Show your child respect. This is perhaps the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child by giving her your full attention and she will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in relationships.
★2 2 The more you say "please" and "thank you" to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them with you and others. Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.
★3 Agree to disagree. 3 Explain your decision so that she will understand your reasoning and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you aren’t equal to disobedience.
★4 Control your impulse to overreact. When a situation arises between you and your child that requires calmness, keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior. 4
★5 Praise, praise, praise! So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that the accomplishments are not celebrated enough. 5
A.Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.
B.Try to remember that a child won’t always agree with you.
C.Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life.
D.If he sees you lose your temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future.
E.A child may act like he pleases, but will respect being given limits.
F.When you see you child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows just how proud you are of him.
G.Signs such as sudden poor performance in school, behaviors like fears and threats accompany behavior problems in children.
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People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)
Taylor’s fame(名聲)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (傳奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
1. The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ____.
A. was small in size B. was too young
C. did not play well enough D. did not show much interest
2. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _____.
A. popular all their lives B. famous actresses
C. suecessful when very young D. rich and kind-hearted
3.Taylor became Best Actress at the age of .
A. 12 B. 28 C. 31 D. 34
4.In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to .
A. doing business and helping others B. turning herself into a legend
C. collecting money for the poor D. going about research and education work
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