My mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. The city bus stopped at a corner to pick up the daily commuters (someone who travels regularly to and from work), a group in which I was included. Boarding the bus, I looked for a place to sit. At last, I found a place near the back.
The man in the seat next to the one I was going for was an older man in a grey suit, well-worn dress shoes, and a black hat like I always pictured reporters wearing, but without the little press card. Seated, I began to read the book I had been carrying, which was Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. The man in the seat next to me introduced himself by asking if I had read any other book like the one I was holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become interested, and so did I. He introduced himself as Carl and asked if I liked jazz, and I told him that I didn’t really listen to it, and that I liked rock and roll. Waiting for Carl to tell me that I should listen to real music, I was shocked when he just smiled and nodded. He said, "You remind me of myself when I was your age. I remember how my parents hated jazz and how they couldn’t see how I could listen to that awful noise. I bet your parents say the same thing, don’t they?" Now it was my turn to smile, amused with how right he was.
As the bus carried us from one side of the city to the other, Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more amazed I became at how much the two of us really had in common, despite the age difference. I haven’t seen him since we parted, but the thought of our connection that day rarely leaves my mind.
Carl really made me think about how much we can learn from each other if we just break through the blocks between us we’ve got. I mean, I would have never thought before that day that I could have anything in common with someone so much older than I. But Carl taught me that no matter what we are, we are all just people, and that we should make an extra effort to try and get to know our neighbors and people we see every day, regardless of age, race, religion, sex, or anything else. If we all take the time to attempt to understand each other, I think that the world would be a much better place that we could share together, as humans.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we know that the author _____________.
| A．did not mind whether there was a seat or not |
| B．hoped to have a seat when getting on the bus |
| C．thought the bus was overcrowded |
| D．looked for a seat but failed |
| A．liked jazz music |
| B．enjoyed talking with others |
| C．liked reading Jack Kerouac’s works |
| D．usually wore a black hat and press card |
| A．older people were nice to talk to |
| B．he should have known Carl earlier |
| C．his parents were so different from Carl in listening to music |
| D．age was not necessarily a problem in heart-to-heart communication |
| A．the author hasn’t seen the old man since then |
| B．jazz music used to be more popular than rock and roll |
| C．the author was not satisfied with human relationships in the world |
| D．Carl made the author realize we humans live in peace and brotherhood |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
解析试题分析：文章主要讲了作者在公共汽车上见到了一位比他年长的名叫Carl的人，他们相谈甚欢，并从彼此身上学到了许多事情。
【小题1】细节题。根据文章第一段Boarding the bus, I looked for a place to sit可知作者想要找个地方坐下了，所以选 B
【小题2】细节题。根据文章第二段a black hat like I always pictured reporters wearing可知作者认为记者会戴着黑帽子。所以选D
【小题3】细节题。根据文章第三段how much the two of us really had in common, despite the age difference可知真诚的交流与年龄无关。所以选D
【小题4】主旨大意题。根据最后一段I think that the world would be a much better place that we could share together可知作者对于人际现状并不满意。所以选C
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Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities（设备） to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgrum. Her services were recognised in the form of a Military’s Medal by the French government. In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taugh him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity（辐射能）. Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
【小题1】Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal?
| A．Because she received a degree in mathematics. |
| B．Because she contributed to saving the wounded. |
| C．Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic. |
| D．Because she worked as a helper to her mother. |
| A．At the Curie Institute. | B．At the university of Paris |
| C．At a military hospital. | D．At the College of Sevigne. |
| A．In 1932. | B．In 1927. | C．In 1897. | D．In 1926. |
| A．Irene worked with radioactivity. | B．Irene combined family and career. |
| C．Irene won the Nobel Prize once . | D．Irene died from leukemia. |
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【小题1】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
| A．Courage Can Beat Any Difficulty |
| B．How to Escape from a Shark Attack |
| C．A Survival from a Shark Attack |
| D．Sharks Can Target Humans Sometimes |
| A．f,a,b,e,c,d | B．f,a,e,c,b,d | C．a,e,c,b,d,f | D．a,c,b,e,d,f |
| A．was so brave that this experience didn’t have any influence on her life |
| B．didn’t hesitate to get hack into the water to surf immediately she recovered |
| C．thought it is a common thing to be attacked by a shark in the ocean |
| D．didn’t blame the fact that sharks are known as man-eaters for her being attacked |
| A．She was went to the hospital by Syb |
| B．She was went to the hospital by local people |
| C．She was went to the hospital by helicopter |
| D．She was went to the hospital by the Sea Shepherb |
| A．She was brave to speak for the shark although she was severely injured by it |
| B．She successfully escaped from a dangerous situation because of her courage |
| C．She was courageous enough to go deep into sharks’territory and survived |
| D．She has been determined to go hack into the sea where there are sharks |
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【小题1】Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．
| A．cheap and strong | B．cheap and long |
| C．fast and expensive | D．strong and slow |
| A．he made many great cars |
| B．his cars are many |
| C．he made lots of cars of the same kind |
| D．his cars are well known in the world |
| A．which was his father’s will（意愿） |
| B．which was against his father’s will |
| C．which was against his own will |
| D．which was the will of both |
| A．before 1908 | B．between 1982 and 1908 |
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Then he went to each soldier one after the other and asked him his name, “Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly,” he said, “and don’t forget to call me ‘sir’.”
Each soldier told him name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent and so Captain Stone shouted at him, “when I ask you a question, answer it! I’ll ask you again: “What’s your name, soldier?”
The soldier was very unhappy, but at last he replied,“My name’s Stonebreaker, sir,”he said nervously (紧张地).
【小题1】According to what the officer said, _____
| A．trouble would come if anybody made tricks. |
| B．obeying his orders would sometimes bring no trouble. |
| C．he always got on well with his soldiers. |
| D．he often had trouble with his soldiers. |
| A．he didn’t like the way the officer spoke to them. |
| B．he was afraid the officer would be angry when he heard his name. |
| C．he wanted to see what would happen if he disobeyed his order. |
| D．the question was funny for him to answer. |
| A．(sadly) Twenty, sir. |
| B．(clearly) Twenty. |
| C．(quickly) Ten years younger than you, sir |
| D．(loudly) Twenty, sir |
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The next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at (盯着看)me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn't look around without meeting others’eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.
However, my friend didn't show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn't know why.
The next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.
【小题1】If the author didn't skip, he should study in _________ .
| A．the fourth grade | B．the sixth grade |
| C．the seventh grade | D．the eighth grade |
| A．What his old friends are doing. |
| B．How high school students study. |
| C．How he will do his high school homework. |
| D．What the eighth graders' homework is. |
| A．To pay attention to his teachers. |
| B．To attract his teachers' attention. |
| C．To follow his teachers' teaching. |
| D．To avoid meeting others' eyes. |
| A．got along well with his new class very soon |
| B．felt sorry about having skipped two grades |
| C．had one friend in his class all the time |
| D．got used to others' stares in the classroom |
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I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me.
Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.
“Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?”
“I try to.”
“Well, don’t, ” he said loudly. “When you grow up, time won’t come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life.”
When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript(手稿) ready for revision. Later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal （零碎的）method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were moments which could be caught and put to use.
There is an important trick in this time-using principle: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can’t afford to waste it in chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.
I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a significant influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I throw myself into it without delay.
【小题1】The meaning of “stretch” in the underlined part is the same as that in the sentence “_______”
| A．The dog woke up, had a good stretch and wandered off. |
| B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years. |
| C．My family wasn’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. |
| D．This material has a lot of stretch in it. |
| A．The author didn’t take the teacher’s words to heart at first. |
| B．Rapid concentration is more difficult than people imagine. |
| C．The author thanked his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches. |
| D．Carl Walter has influenced the writer greatly since he was a student. |
| A．had new books published each year however busy his teaching is |
| B．is tired of interruptions in life because he always has much work |
| C．has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels |
| D．makes mental preparations beforehand so as to focus on work quickly |
| A．Concentrate on Your Work | B．A Little at a Time |
| C．How I Became a Writer | D．Good Advice |
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