(2013·高考浙江卷，D)In 1974，after filling out fifty applications，going through four interviews，and winning one offer，I took what I could get—a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area：western New Jersey.My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen—teaching English.
School started，but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country.Was this rural area really New Jersey？My students took a week off when hunting season began.I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms.I was a young woman from New York City，who thought that“Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.
But，still，I was teaching English.I worked hard，taking time off only to eat and sleep.And then there was my sixth­grade class—seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me.I had a problem long before I knew it.I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher.I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word.The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior.So I did，confident that，as the textbook had said，the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention.It sounds reasonable，but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans，particularly teenagers，rarely seem reasonable.By the time my boss，who was also my taskmaster，known to be the strictest，most demanding，most quick to fire inexperienced teachers，came into the classroom to observe me，the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room.The boys in the class were making animal noises，hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines.I just pretended it all wasn’t happening，and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions.My boss，sitting in the back of room，seemed to be growing bigger and bigger.After twenty minutes he left，silently.Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying，but at my next free period I had to face him.I wondered if he would let me finish out the day.I walked to his office，took a deep breath，and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair，and he looked at me long and hard.I said nothing.All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher；I had been lying to myself，pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke，he said simply，without accusation，“You had nothing to say to them.”
“You had nothing to say to them.”he repeated.“No wonder they’re bored.Why not get to the meat of the literature and stop talking about symbolism.Talk with them，not at them.And more important，why do you ignore their bad behavior？”We talked.He named my problems and offered solutions.We role­played.He was the bad student，and I was the forceful，yet，warm，teacher.
As the year progressed，we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations.He helped me identify my weaknesses and my strengths.In short，he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson’s words：“The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school.Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year，the school is my home now.
小題1:It can be inferred from the story that in 1974________.
A．the writer became an optimistic person
B．the writer was very happy about her new job
C．it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA
D．it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey
小題2:According to the passage，which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?
A．She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.
B．She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.
C．She took too much time off to eat and sleep.
D．She didn’t like teaching English literature.
小題3:What is the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster’s observation of her class?
A．She might lose her teaching job.
B．She might lose her students’ respect.
C．She couldn’t teach the same class any more.
D．She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more.
小題4:Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?
A．Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.
B．Her students behaved a little better than usual.
C．She managed to finish the class without crying.
D．She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.
小題5:The students behaved badly in the writer’s classes because________.
A．they were eager to embarrass her
B．she didn’t really understand them
C．they didn’t regard her as a good teacher
D．she didn’t have a good command of English
小題6:The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be best described as ________.
A．cruel but encouraging
B．fierce but forgiving
C．sincere and supportive
D．a(chǎn)ngry and aggressive

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:C
本文是一篇記敘文。作者描述了自己的從教經(jīng)歷，在校長的幫助下，她真切地體會到：教育的秘訣在于對學生的尊重。正是校長的幫助使她度過了艱難的歲月，如今她以校為家。
小題1:解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的第一句“In 1974，after filling out fifty applications，going through four interviews，and winning one offer...”可知，作者遞交了50次申請，經(jīng)歷了4次面試，才得到了一次工作機會。作者接受了一個到遙遠荒涼的地方教學的工作，顯然在當時找工作是很難的，故C項正確。
小題2:解析：選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者的敘述可知，她在學校工作刻苦，對學生友好，并且很有耐心，但是她在大學學習的學術(shù)性的東西在這群調(diào)皮的孩子中行不通，顯然A項符合題意。B項在文中未提及；C項與第三段中的第二句“I worked hard，taking time off only to eat and sleep.”矛盾；D項與第三段中的“...I was teaching English...I wanted to make literature come alive...”矛盾。
小題3:解析：選A。細節(jié)理解題。第五段中作者描述了校長來聽她的課，根據(jù)對校長離開時的描述“Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.”可知，作者擔心失去工作，故選A項。
小題4:解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段中的第一句“I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying...”可知，作者多少感覺到成就的是她堅持上完了課而沒有哭。
小題5:解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后三段的內(nèi)容可知，校長的一番話點出了作者的問題，學生上她的課感到無聊的原因是她不了解他們，她講的課并沒有針對他們的特點，故B項正確。
小題6:解析：選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后三段的內(nèi)容可知，校長聽完課之后并沒有指責作者，而是給作者指出問題，并提出了解決問題的辦法，并且校長自己扮演有不好行為的學生，作者做嚴厲又溫和的老師，以此來尋找解決問題的辦法。C項sincere and supportive(真誠且有幫助性的)能描述校長對作者的態(tài)度。
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D．The writing style of the book.
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C．a(chǎn) good education was important for a child's future
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A．Flying into space.
B．Giving out some questionnaires to people.
C．Setting up a web site.
D．Working in an insurance company.
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D．Why Mr.Lucky changed the way he spent money.
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B．He wanted to help the poor.
C．He believed people could use it properly.
D．He needed people to share his responsibility.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask permission of his mother to take his black       and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile       from the house to the fence which       the beginning of the dirty driveway.
One day, I was busy with my business and was       for about an hour, completely forgetting about the       little boy down the road who might be       for his daddy.
On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not       ten feet in front of me. All I could       was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain.       , the downpour began to abate(減弱). It was only a drizzle(細雨) by the time my car turned the last       and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.
     , I caught sight of my little boy, who was       an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the       of a little boy.
As I stopped the car and       the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and       with cold, but he never      the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”
Last year, we       to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road.       , I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that       has occurred in my mind.     all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.
小題1:
A．bagB．dogC．umbrellaD．toy
小題2:
A．journeyB．flightC．effortD．ride
小題3:
A．discoveredB．explainedC．markedD．described
小題4:
A．controlledB．trainedC．delayedD．bothered
小題5:
A．hopefulB．gratefulC．carefulD．faithful
小題6:
A．waitingB．sendingC．searchingD．calling
小題7:
A．driveB．seeC．feelD．hear
小題8:
A．stick toB．think ofC．pick upD．hold on
小題9:
A．In factB．In surpriseC．At onceD．At last
小題10:
A．momentB．cornerC．streetD．way
小題11:
A．All of a suddenB．Believe it or not
C．To my pleasureD．For seconds
小題12:
A．holdingB．takingC．foldingD．carrying
小題13:
A．bodyB．headC．faceD．hand
小題14:
A．closedB．lockedC．knockedD．opened
小題15:
A．worryingB．nervousC．tremblingD．a(chǎn)nxious
小題16:
A．noticedB．doubtedC．judgedD．mentioned
小題17:
A．movedB．turnedC．returnedD．traveled
小題18:
A．ThereforeB．BesidesC．OtherwiseD．However
小題19:
A．timeB．sceneC．a(chǎn)ctD．sight
小題20:
A．WithB．ForC．LikeD．Among

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the doctor’s bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.
Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果凍) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the     out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times,even.The total had to be absolutely exact. No      here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and     her way six blocks to a chemist’s.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist (藥劑師) to give her some     ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her       with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.
Finally the pharmacist asked in an      tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago      I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.
“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad      inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry,        I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice        a little.
There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he's        sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay       it, so I want to use my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.
“A dollar and eleven cents ― the       price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to        you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神經(jīng)外科). The operation was completely        charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.
Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have       . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the        of a little child.     
小題1:
A．AsB．AllC．All whatD．That
小題2:
A．in needB．in short C．out of D．sort of
小題3:
A．miracleB．doctorC．GodD．operation
小題4:
A．changeB．jelliesC．candiesD．cookies
小題5:
A．way B．doubtC．chanceD．wonder
小題6:
A．droveB．foughtC．madeD．struggled
小題7:
A．pillsB．a(chǎn)ttentionC．medicineD．tablets
小題8:
A．mouth B．eyes C．earsD．throat
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)nxiousB．exciting C．a(chǎn)nnoyedD．tired
小題10:
A．whoB．whereC．becauseD．which
小題11:
A．findingB．planting C．showingD．growing
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．or else C．butD．or
小題13:
A．soft B．softenC．softenedD．softening
小題14:
A．really B．real C．firmD．firmly
小題15:
A．backB．for C．offD．up
小題16:
A．a(chǎn)ctual B．exactC．a(chǎn)verageD．true
小題17:
A．the placeB．the apartmentC．the complexD．where
小題18:
A．freeB．free of C．not D．no
小題19:
A．spent B．paid C．cost D．took
小題20:
A．thought B．valueC．patienceD．faith

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