My daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied (欺侮) pretty severely in school. So I quitted my job as a babysitter and then schooled my daughter heart and soul at home.
A year ago a boy of 14 befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about bullying. Today he messaged her and asked if she would like six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. They have never met in person but she said, “Sure! That would be great.”
Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter. She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she does in the community. Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.
What she said is true. Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the positive and how to be their own person.
Everything taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy at a local bike shop. After meeting, the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity. She told him that she had never been to a baseball game and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister, her cousin and an aunt who has brain cancer.
We all thanked one another, got in our car, and went our way. As we drove home my daughter opened the envelope. Inside it were the tickets and $100 each to buy hot dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time.
My daughter has always been the giver and now she and our family are the receivers and I can not tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end. What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea.
【小题1】What did the author once do according to the passage?
A.She was a ticket seller. | B.She was a school teacher. |
C.She was a babysitter. | D.She was a social worker. |
A.They met when buying tickets to a baseball game. |
B.They got in touch via the Internet. |
C.They became familiar when talking face to face. |
D.They went to the same school and met each other. |
A.Because Alisa is a disabled girl. |
B.Because he has a lot money to share. |
C.Because Alisa often helps those in trouble. |
D.Because he has a similar situation with Alisa. |
A.He is afraid of meeting strangers. |
B.He always bullies smaller children. |
C.He is addicted to the internet. |
D.He receives education at home. |
A.Good is rewarded with good. |
B.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
C.Two heads are better than one. |
D.Where there is a will, there is a way. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】A
解析试题分析:文章讲述了作者女儿因天生右眼残疾在学校总受欺负,在家接受教育。她总是在Facebook写一些反对恶霸行为的文章,并帮助社区中陷入困境的女孩如何重拾信心和如何成为自己想要成为的人。她的善意举动使一个从未见面却有相似经历的男孩给她送来六张科罗拉多落基山脉的棒球比赛的门票,作者女儿很高兴也很感激他,作者认为这是对做好事的一种奖赏。
【小题1】细节题,根据第一段第二句“So I quitted my job as a babysitter ”我辞掉了保姆工作。故选C。
【小题2】推理题,根据第二段中“They have never met in person ”他们从未见过彼此,由此可知只能是通过网络认识。故选B。
【小题3】推理题。根据第三段中“ She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she does in the community. .”她说她儿子认为这是我女儿应得的,因为她在社区里做的所有好事。由此可知作者女儿经常做好事帮助别人。故选C。
【小题4】细节题,根据第三段最后一句“Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.”她解释说她儿子有相似的经历,也在家接受教育。故选D。
【小题5】主旨题,通过阅读全文可知作者女儿因为经常在社区里做好事,一个在网上认识却从未见面的男孩送给她六张科罗拉多落基山脉的棒球比赛的门票。故选A。
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【小题1】We can learn from the passage that ________.
A.Robert Frost had been a famous writer before he started teaching |
B.Robert Frost wrote his poems mostly in the first person |
C.Robert Frost was very famous at the beginning of his writing career |
D.Robert Frost began to write poems when he was a teacher |
A.his teaching career |
B.his life experiences |
C.showing strong feeling in his poems |
D.his interest in poems |
A.why Robert Frost stopped farming |
B.why Robert Frost was so famous |
C.about his masterpieces(杰作) |
D.about the way he treated his wife and children |
A.Robert Frost’s most famous poem is My Butterfly |
B.Robert Frost began to write when he was in college |
C.Robert Frost gave up studying at Dartmouth University |
D.his poetry showed the violence of war and his childhood |
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【小题1】What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?
A.It should not aim at a narrow audience. |
B.It should be attractive to young readers. |
C.It should be based on original ideas. |
D.It should not include too much conversation. |
A.Being poor in life experience. |
B.Being short of writing skills. |
C.The weakness of description. |
D.The absence of a story. |
A.She didn’t expect to become a writer. |
B.She didn’t enjoy writing stories. |
C.She didn’t have any particular ambitions. |
D.She didn’t respect her teacher’s views. |
A.To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter’s books. |
B.To introduce Mollie Hunter’s work to a wider audience. |
C.To provide information for Mollie Hunter’s existing readers. |
D.To describe Mollie Hunter’s most successful books. |
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【小题1】How did the father feel at first when the author invited his daughter for a ride?
A.Anxious. | B.Embarrassed. | C.Surprised. | D.Moved. |
A.He was a disabled man. | B.He usually drove too fast. |
C.He worked in a store. | D.He often helped people in trouble. |
A.was not allowed to do some sports |
B.used to be a completely healthy person |
C.was unwillingly to communicate with a stranger |
D.usually felt sad about life because of her disability |
A.The motorbike. | B.The wheelchair. | C.The ride. | D.The prayer. |
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【小题1】The writer’s purpose of writing the passage is to .
A.suggest love never dies |
B.share an interesting experience |
C.encourage us to help people in need |
D.prove a show of love really makes a difference |
A.Because they were always ready to help poor people. |
B.Because they were happy to pass the love they gained. |
C.Because they invited the young people to the meal. |
D.Because they didn’t want to take the advantage of the writer’s generosity. |
A.The love between the elderly couple deeply touched the writer who was single. |
B.The young couples paid the bill of other customers in the restaurant. |
C.The waiter left on purpose and made the writer stay alone to test him. |
D.The writer did all this to prove his belief in love. |
A.A good beginning makes a good ending. |
B.Where there is love, there is life. |
C.Love me, love my dog. |
D.As a man sows, so shall he reap (收获). |
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【小题1】We can learn from the first paragraph that the author _____.
A.was tired of preparing food. |
B.was glad to be able to lend a hand. |
C.knew the family in need very well. |
D.had to stay in bed for several weeks. |
A.she has received others’ food. |
B.she is friendly to others. |
C.she is a church member. |
D.she is poor at cooking. |
A.Her husband isn’t good at cooking. |
B.Her family is too poor to buy enough food. |
C.She has a babysitter taking care of her twins. |
D.Her family lives not far from a church. |
A.She didn’t get enough food during her pregnancy. |
B.Her mother died when she was in hospital. |
C.She received food along with comfort in her hard times. |
D.She thinks offering food is the best way to show love. |
A.Every man has his faults. |
B.Actions speak louder than words. |
C.A good beginning makes a good ending. |
D.One good turn deserves another. |
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By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.
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【小题1】What’s the best title for this passage?
A.Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children. |
B.What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about? |
C.Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books. |
D.Why are Dr Seuss’ books different? |
A.It was Dr Seuss’ worst book. |
B.It dealt with a very serious subject. |
C.Neither children nor adults like it. |
D.Many publishers didn’t take it seriously at first. |
A.30 | B.31 | C.32 | D.33 |
A.By asking others to help them in magazines. |
B.By writing interesting and simple books. |
C.By changing his old books into simpler ones. |
D.By giving them books for free. |
A.interesting | B.serious | C.difficult | D.boring |
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To this day, whenever I lay my fingers on the snow-white keyboard, ready for a melody, I still feel shy. I am quite aware of my limited music talent, but as a shy dreamer, I have found my way to success.
【小题1】According to the first two paragraphs, we can learn that the writer is __________.
A.helpless | B.shy | C.honest | D.considerate |
A.a, b | B.c, d | C.a, c | D.b, d |
A.She turned to her friends for financial aid. |
B.She taught English in exchange for piano lessons. |
C.She was admitted to a university for a second degree course in music. |
D.She earned money by doing a part-time job to pay for her piano lessons. |
A.Wealth always comes after a great effort. |
B.Confidence is a key factor in success. |
C.We should be academically successful before other achievements. |
D.We should make every effort to turn a dream into reality. |
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Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and two of his friends, who met during college at Virginia Tech, where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets. Last year, while living in North Carolina, one of them, Emily Olson, now 24, came up with one idea. She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but didn’t work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets. Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers, either.
Mr LaFAve and the third co-founder, Nik Bauman, both 25, worked in corporate sales and software development. “With business, food and computer science backgrounds, we figured we had everything we needed.” Mr LaFAve said.
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【小题1】The passage is mainly about_______.
A.how an online farmers’ market works |
B.the American local food movement |
C.three youths starting an online farmers’ market |
D.the reasons why people are interested in local food |
A.Because it met the need of the market. |
B.Because the founders were interested in seasonal food. |
C.Because some people wanted to buy locally grown food. |
D.Because farmers wanted to sell their foods. |
A.food of high quality | B.terrible food | C.food of low fat | D.fried food |
A.they are of the same age |
B.they gave up their work to start the website |
C.they used to be colleague |
D.they majored in farming at college |
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