My horse，Treasure，is my hero because she helped me discover how t6 relate to her．In the process，she“fixed”my relationship with my husband and my children．

    When I got her，she was 2 years old．She was not going to accept any kind of instructions from me．In the interest of not getting myself killed，I started to read and educate myself on ways to manage a high-spirited horse．

I discovered horsemanship（馬術(shù)），a method of training that focuses on communication．In order to communicate with another person，you must be understood．The very definition（定義）of understanding is two or more persons share the same idea．This simple definition had a big influence on me．I realized that communication is a two-way street!

When I started to adopt horsemanship in my life，I noticed a change in the way other people related to me．My husband，when I stopped ordering him around，became happier and more helpful．My children，when I practiced being fair，firm and most of all，considerate（體貼的），were motivated（激發(fā)）to act sooner，at the polite request instead of the orders from me．

    I think the most valuable life skill I learned from my horse is that pressure motivates．but release（釋放；放松）teaches．My children were more considerate of each other．a(chǎn)nd started to ask first，without telling．I became aware of my position as a role model．

My horse was not hard to catch．Today，five years later，I have the perfect horse．I also have very polite kids and a very happy husband．There’s nothing in the world that can compare to being loved by ones you love most—even if it all started with the attitude of a very special horse．

1．What process does the author refer to in Paragraph 1?

    A．The process of training her horse．

    B．The process of educating her kids．

    C．The process of life changing in her life．

    D．The process of getting on with her husband．

2．What can we learn about the horse?

A．She got her name from the author’s husband． 

    B．She was difficult to deal with at first．

    C．She is not loved by the family．

    D．She is now five years old．

3．The passage tells us that ________．

    A．the author can’t manage her family well

    B．the author loves the horse more than her family 

    C．the author’s kids used to be considerate of each other

    D．the author used to think ordering was a good way to relate to others

4．By saying“communication is a two-way street”in Paragraph 3，the author is trying to show that __________．

    A．understanding between people is good for both parts

    B．the more ways of communicating，the better

    C．communication may result in differences  

    D．sharing the same idea is not important

5．The author can now be best described as _________．

    A．very strict              B．rather clever            C．considerate             D．hard working

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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學(xué)年江蘇省高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

When I decided to get married, my father decided to share some wisdom. “Lori, it is just as easy to love a rich man as it is to love a poor man, “ he said. My boyfriend didn’t have much money, but I loved him. “What?” I cried. “ How can you say that? I want to marry for love, NOT for money.” “ But why not marry someone you love who has money?” he asked. “Rich men are materialistic（物質(zhì)主義的）. I’d rather marry a poor man who loves me,” I said and he gave in.

And as we went on, with my family growing, I learned why my father put such importance on money. We had to cover the rent, car, electricity, food, and medical bills. We were under lot of pressure. The worries over whether we would be asked to move out or if we had the money to wash our clothes at the Laundromat this week made me question if I did the right thing by marrying a “poor” man.

I realized that I had entered the ranks of the poor. Not that I’d ever been rich. Most of my life, I considered us in the lower middle-class rank. We had a house of our own, food on the table, cars, clothes, and money for college. But now, as I listened to an apartment neighbour talk about her monthly “Mother’s Day” gift, I realized she was talking about her welfare check（政府發(fā)放的救濟(jì)金）. And another young mother tried to “help” me out by connecting me with a friend who stole baby clothes from a department store. “ For a small cut,” she said, “ I could return my ‘purchase’(購買的東西）for cash.” It made me sick. How poor was I?

I had a college education but wasn’t using it. I insisted on not missing a minute of our children’s childhood and it came at a price. My husband was working as hard as he could and it wasn’t enough. But somehow we made it.

The kids grew. Today, we look back and see the great values gained by going through those hard years. My children are not materialistic. They never thought they were poor growing up because we always managed to give a little bit of food, money, or clothes to the “poor”. They were satisfied with the simple things in life that come free such as a beach day or a horse back ride from their dad.

We had our worries, but we still treasured our very favorite part of the day when we’d nest (棲息地）under the covers and talked about our future, the kids and how much we loved each other. Sure our financial(財政的) troubles caused a lot of fights, but we didn’t leave each other. We began to live a better life. We moved to a better community(社區(qū)）with good schools for the kids. And soon, we’ll face a new challenge with wealth. But we’ll never give up.

My father died three years ago. Before he died, he knew I made the right choice. I’m proud of my decision.

1..The writer argued with her father because _________________.

A．she thought her father didn’t love her at all

B．her father thought her boyfriend was too materialistic

C．her father wanted her to marry a rich man while she didn’t

D．she thought her father loved her boyfriend’s money more than him.

2..After getting married, the writer questioned if she had done the right thing to marry her husband because___________.

A．she was often scolded(責(zé)罵)by her father

B．she found her husband was irresponsible(不負(fù)責(zé)任的）

C．he didn’t think her husband loved her deeply

D．they lived a poor life with children to support

3..After their children were born, the writer_______________.

A．often regretted not using her college education

B．worked very hard in order to make more money

C．had to steal baby clothes from a department store

D．looked after her children as a professional (職業(yè)的,專業(yè)的）housewife

4.. Why didn’t the writer’s children think they were poor growing up?

A．Because the writer always gave them whatever they wanted

B．Because the writer and her children often helped other people.

C．Because the writer didn’t let her children play with their rich neighbours

D．Because the writer let her children have a good life through receiving help from others.

5..What do you think is the theme(主題）of the story?

A．Women should always make a decision by themselves

B．Listening to the old is important when people get married

C．Money doesn’t matter as much as love in marriage

D．Children don’t mind whether they have a poor family or not

 

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She tried to  36  but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.  37  , miraculously(奇跡般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he  38 . It really made the  39  seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was  40 . I had  41  in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have  42  her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot  43 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (變形) through many different  44 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.

As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  45  he saved my sister’s.

26.A. picking     B. warming                 C. catching                   D. setting

27.A. bitterly     B. hardly                    C. gently                  D. perfectly

28.A. challenged    B. witnessed        C. enjoyed                    D. hated

29.A. ceremony     B. tradition         C. victory                        D. laughter

30.A. windy          B. bright                     C. dark                         D. cloudy

31.A. quiet            B. quality                   C. impression            D.significance

32.A. rely on     B. focus on                 C. insist on                   D. put on

33.A. let out       B. held on               C. participated in           D.took place

34.A. close to      B. out of                 C. into                         D. towards

35.A. able          B. frightened        C. content                     D. proud

36.A. evaluate     B. worry                     C. scream                        D. escape

37.A. Accidentally  B. Normally           C. Generally                 D. Somehow

38.A. sped up     B. rose up                   C. broke down                 D. wore out

39.A. moment     B. contest                  C. comment                  D.technique

40.A. advancing     B. breathing            C. concluding           D. dreaming

41.A. that                 B. none                  C. neither                        D. it

42.A. hit           B. recognized              C. missed                    D. acknowledged

43.A. how             B. what                  C. when                       D. why

44.A. actions     B. emotions            C. attitudes                   D. thoughts

45.A. if                  B. because             C. as if                         D. so that

 

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My turn finally came. I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line. As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!

I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.

1. The underlined expression "shown the gate" (paragraph 3) most probably means ______.

A. told how to enter the arena

B. shown how to make the horse beautiful

C. removed from the competition early

D. told to enter the timed-speed events

2. When the final race finished, nobody cheered because________.

A. the audience didn’t like Cowboy      B. people envied the writer

C. the win was unexpected?        D. the writer bad run out of time

3. Why was the writer not confident of victory?

A. He was an inexperienced rider.

B. He had not practiced enough.

C. He believed he was unpopular with the crowd.

D. He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others.

4. What did the writer learn from his experience?

A. Life can sometimes be unfair.

B. Anything is possible if one tries hard enough.

C. A positive attitude will bring success.

D. One should not make judgments based on appearance.

 

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As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  55  he saved my sister’s.

1.A. picking         B. warming        C. catching         D. setting

2.A. bitterly        B. hardly          C. gently           D. perfectly

3.A. challenged      B. witnessed        C. enjoyed D. hated

4.A. ceremony       B. tradition         C. victory        D. laughter

5.A. windy            B. bright         C. dark            D. cloudy

6.A. quiet            B. quality       C. impression     D. significance

7.A. rely on          B. focus on       C. insist on      D. put on

8.A. let out      B. held onC. participated in    D. took place

9.A. close to         B. out of         C. into           D. towards

10.A. able            B. frightened       C. content          D. proud

11.A. evaluate        B. worry        C. scream          D. escape

12.A. Accidentally      B. NormallyC. Generally           D. Somehow

13.A. sped up         B. rose up       C. broke down      D. wore out

14.A. moment          B. contest      C. comment        D. technique

15.A. advancing       B. breathing    C. concluding     D. dreaming

16.A. that            B. none         C. neither         D. it

17.A. hit             B. recognized    C. missed         D. acknowledged

18.A. how             B. what         C. when            D. why

19.A. actions         B. emotions     C. attitudes       D. thoughts

20.A. if      B. because    C. as if   D. so that

 

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A cowboy rode into town and stopped at a bar for a drink. Unfortunately the people living there always had a habit pf picking on strangers. When he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen. He went back into the bar, handily threw his gun into the air, caught it above his head without even looking and fired a shot into the ceiling. “ Which one of you sidewinders(角響尾蛇)stole my horse?” he shouted with surprising forcefulness.

No one answered.

“Alright, I’m gonna have another beer, and if my horse isn’t back outside by the time I finish, I’ m gonna do what I dun in Texas! And I don’t like to have to do what I dun in Texas!”

Some of the people moved restlessly. The man, true to his word, had another beer, walked outside, and his horse had been returned to the post. He saddled up( 給馬裝上鞍)and started to ride out of town. The barkeeper wandered out of the bar and asked, “Say partner, before you go… what happened in Texas?” The cowboy turned back and said, “ I had to walk home.”

1. This passage is written mainly for　　　　 .

A. believe in B. play a joke on C. look down upon　 D. show high respect for

2. What happened in Texas?

A. The cowboy had no choice but to walk home.　

B. The cowboy shot the thief to death.　　

C. The cowboy stole a horse and rode home.　　

D. The cowboy was nearly beaten to death.

3. Which of the following words best describe the cowboy?

A. Foolish　 B. Clever 　C. Drunk　 D. Brave

4.The best title for the passage would be __________

A. A cowboy　　　　　 B. A drink at a bar

C. I had to walk home!　 D. Return my horse!

 

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