How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n） ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the ．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more ．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man to become an artist．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．From their ,Jacob learned that history books often the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He Toussaint, who had helped free his people French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a artist．
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【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】D
【小题6】A
【小题7】A
【小题8】C
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【小题15】A
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解析试题分析：本文讲述的是著名艺术家Jacob Lawrence从小很有天赋，为了去博物馆，走了六十个街区去看画，画黑人英雄杜桑，让自己因此而出名了。虽然很有名，但不得不靠画画为生。
【小题1】B考查名词辨析A． steps步伐；B． blocks街区；C． buildings建筑物；D． avenues林荫大道；句意：当他年轻时，Jacob Lawrence通常会走六十个街区从他家到博物馆。根据上文提到How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you你会走多远为了了解你感 兴趣的东西。所以走了六十个街区，故选B项。
【小题2】A考查名词辨析A． artist艺术家；B． tutor导师；C． scholar学者；D． official官员；句意：他想成为一个艺术家。根据上文提到from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．从他家走到艺术博物馆，可知他想成为艺术家，故选A项。
【小题3】C考查动词辨析A． swinging摇摆；B． existing存在；C． hanging悬挂；D． twisting扭动；句意：他相信研究那些挂在博物馆里面的画有助于他，hanging分词做后置定语来修饰the famous paintings,故选C项。
【小题4】D考查形容词辨析A． blank空白的；B． loose松散的；C． tough艰难的；D． tight紧的；句意：句意：在1930年，当大多数人失业，钱很紧张，人们遭受许多痛苦。根据时间状语1930，正是全球金融危机，故钱很紧张，故选D项。
【小题5】D考查动词辨析A． lined划线；B． decorated装饰；C． associated联想；D． filled充满；句意：街道充满能量与生机。Be filled with 充满，考查固定短语，故选D项。
【小题6】A考查动词辨析A． stored贮存；B． received收到；C． created创造；D． remembered记得；考查：他的大脑中装满各种画像。根据上文提到he believed that studying the famous paintings 23 in that museum would help him．可知，他看过许多名画，故选A项。
【小题7】A考查名词辨析A． museum博物馆；B． studio摄影棚；C． church教堂；D． street街道；句意：他头脑中装满各种肖像，他在博物馆所看到的画像。根据上文提到he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him．去博物馆，所以选A项。
【小题8】C考查连词辨析A． whether是否；B． which哪一个；C． that；D． when什么时候；句意：他来自穷人的家庭，他的妈妈相信他的儿子几乎没有机会成为画家。Chance 后面跟着同位语从句，由that来引导，故选C项。
【小题9】B考查形容词辨析A． precious珍贵的；B． practical实际的；C． standard标准的；D． flexible复杂的；句意：母亲希望他多学些实际的东西。根据句意与他学的画画相比，母亲更希望他学实用的技能，故选B项。
【小题10】D考查动词辨析A． recommended推荐；B． reminded提醒；C． provided提供； D． showed展示；句意：他的老师展示给他如何用画画作为展示自己的舞台。根据上文提到But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented他的老师认为他很有天赋，故是向他展示，所以选D项。
【小题11】B考查动词辨析A． hesitating犹豫；B． struggling斗争；C． marching行进；D． participating参加 ；句意：对于这个年轻人来说，这是个令人兴奋的地方，努力成为一个艺术家。Struggling to do 努力去做某事，做伴随状语，故选B项。
【小题12】C考查动词辨析A． settled解决，定居；B． wandered漫游；C． gathered聚集；D． rushed冲撞；句意：许多有创造力的人聚集在这谈论艺术，文学和历史。根据句意这此有才的人聚集在此，故选C项。
【小题13】D考查名词辨析A． experiences经历；B． performances表演；C． accents口音； D． conversations对话；句意：从他们的对话中，他明白历史通常忽视非裔美国人的作品。根据上文提到．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．他们聚集在些谈论，故选D项。
【小题14】C考查动词辨析A． acknowledged承认；B． accused谴责；C． ignored忽视；D． witnessed目击；句意：从他们的对话中，他明白历史通常忽视非裔美国人的作品。根据下方提到He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero他决定画一些描述黑人的画。所以选C项。
【小题15】A考查动词辨析A． chose选择；B． accepted接受；C． counted数数；D． employed雇佣；句意：他选择杜桑-卢维图尔，他帮助解放了人民摆脱了法国的统治。根据上文提到He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero他决定描述黑人英雄，故选A项。
【小题16】B考查介词辨析A． against与。。对抗；B． from来自；C． for为了；D． with与。。一起；句意：他选择杜桑-卢维图尔，他帮助解放了人民摆脱了法国的统治。根据历史杜桑-卢维图尔带领人民从法国的统治下解放出来，故选B项。
【小题17】A考查短语辨析A． more than超过；B． rather than而不是；C． other than除了；D．less than少于；句意：许多人钦佩他的画，但他需要的不仅仅是钦佩。根据下方提到To help his family, he often had to work at jobs为的帮助家人，他不得不工作，可知不仅仅需要钦佩，故选A项。
【小题18】D考查动词辨析；A． broke打破；B． gave给；C． permitted允许；D． took带走；句意：句意：为了帮助他的家人，他不得不做给他增加薪水的工作。根据句意，为了支持家人，他不得不做一些挣钱的工作，故选D项。
【小题19】C考查名词辨析A． award奖赏；B． title把。。称作；C． salary薪水；D． prize奖赏；句意：一个叫做 Augusta的艺术家，给了他份工作，他通过作画来挣钱.give sb a salary 给某人薪水，故选C项。
【小题20】D考查形容词辨析A． permanent固定的；B． popular流行的；C． positive臭味相投的；D． professional职业的；句意：第一次，他感觉象个职业艺术家。根据上文提到作画谋生，所以是职业画家，故选D项。
考点：人物类短文。
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
The first day at school has left a deep ___ on me.I'll never forget it.
As soon as I rushed into the classroom，the bell rang.A young beautiful woman came in，but she was ____，no smile on her face.“You are not permitted to ____ me in the course of class unless...”She was speaking when I heard a____“Lily，Lily”from outside the door.My grandmother was standing there with a pair of socks in her hand.I didn't realize I was bare feet____ then.I wanted to ____ them.but I dared not do that.I shook my hand，____“Don't wait here any longer.Leave quickly.”As I did so，I still ____my eyes on my teacher.I really didn't want her to take ____ of me，but she did.She went out to get the socks.When she gave them to me，she looked at me for a while.My face suddenly turned ____ and my heart ____ faster.I began to put the socks on.Unfortunately I was so nervous that my ____ hands couldn't get them onto my feet easily.Just then I heard my name called.I ____ from my seat quickly.“Can you ____the numbers from one to one hundred？” the teacher asked.I nodded. ____her surprise，I did very well.Finally she said，“Be ___， please.Study hard.”I looked ____ her to find a smile on her face.I felt ____ at last.
The first day at school has stayed in my ____ as something embarrassing(尴尬)but ___.
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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(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) 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.
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One evening I was resting in a cafe. I a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in a(n) shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the i n his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was busy doing his work heavy rain began to pour down.People rushed to the café for from the rain.More and more people crowded and gradually separated the boy from me.
Hours passed, and it turned .I had no shoes on my feet and where the boy had been.I thought he would not my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be .I had to move to the door, head . just as I went to the gate, I found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the with his head leaning against a boxand his upper body being . he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I shook him slightly and woke him up. He up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me.Then he opened the package , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.I him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the of the boy stayed in my mind.
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Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know you think you are a person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question you are tested in real life. Some people they are brave but when they come face to face with real , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the river, to the woman, and kept her head the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not .
When you are in a very situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin (肾上腺素). adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified (or completely afraid), the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this , the muscles become very hard and you find you go at all. You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. This is when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are frightened that we become stonelike.
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I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was and my stepmother had us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no _ what to do with me. And that’s when my other family .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I with them for the next seven years.
Barbara washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders. I could tell, for the Beaches there was no between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _ his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely __ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n) that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(使麻痹，瘫痪) by my _ , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force—either against people or safes．He was a real of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult he had ever met．In about 10 years， by his brother Stefan，he took about 33,000,000—from the safes of 28 banks in Austria．On his last job，he the safe door open and 80,000 behind．With the was a note，“We don't need all that much”．A witness his car and Streit was caught by the police．Then he was sent to Austria's Stein Prison to serve a six-year ．He boasted（吹嘘）at his trial that he would continue the law, “I'm a thief and I shall use every opportunity.” In spite of the prison officials moved Streit to the prison's blacksmith shop．One day during the week before Christmas，Streit ．Searchers found all his doors were well locked．Streit had to make a set of keys and let himself out．Not to ，though．After crossing into Bavaria，Streit the suspicion（怀疑）of German customs police on purpose and got himself ．“I want to be in a German prison, ”he to the surprised police．“As German coups give much milder（温和的）sentences for like mine and will the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison．”In prison，Streit his keepers to let him telephone his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison．“I'm sorry I caused trouble．I didn't want to anybody by escaping．Conditions weren't that bad．In fact the food was better than it is here．”
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston．They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer office of Harvard’s president．But they were by his secretary and kept waiting．For hours，the secretary took no notice of them， that the couple would finally become and go away．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president，though unwillingly．
A few minutes later，the president walked towards the couple with a face．The lady told him，“We had a son that Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was happy here．But about a year ago，he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to a memorial（纪念物）to him，somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead，he was shocked．“Madam,” he said，“we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and ．If we did，this place would look like a cemetory,” “Oh，no,” the lady explained quickly “We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a building to Harvard．”The president rolled his eyes and at the couple and then exclaimed，“A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We have spent over $7 500 000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was ，because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly，“Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．Since their offer was turned down，Mr．and Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ，a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about．
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and before he passed away we had promised grandfather that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my parents and I at her house, we found she had waited up all night for us. The house did seem a little without grandfather.
Grandfather had always said that the Christmas was the most important decoration of all. So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree that was stored in grandfather's closet (壁橱). Through our efforts, we finally stepped back to our handiwork. It looked beautiful. something was missing.
"Where' s your star?" I asked.
The star was my grandmother' s favorite part of the tree.
"Why, it be here somewhere," she said, starting to sort through the boxes again. "Your grandfather always everything so carefully when he took the tree down."
As we emptied the boxes and no star, my grandmother's eyes filled with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother some fifty years ago on their first Christmas together. It brought them great happiness. Now, on her first Christmas without him, the star was , too.
"Don' t worry, Grandmother," I her. "We'll find it for you."
My mother and I formed a search . "Let' s start in on the closet where the ornaments (装饰品) were," Mother said. "Maybe the star just fell out of the box. "
That sounded , so I began to search the closet. I thought I tried every , but no star. I could see grandmother was , although she tried not to show it.
"What's in this wrapped box?" Mother suddenly called out. "It was at the bottom of father's closet. "
Grandmother took the box in and opened it. Her face when she unfolded the paper and pulled out a golden star. There was a(n) attached.
Don' t be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while packing the decorations, and I couldn't to tell you. Thought it was time for a new one. I hope it brings you as much as the first one. Merry Christmas!
Love,
Bryant
So grandmother's tree had a star after all, a star that expressed their everlasting love for one another. And we were glad we were able to make this Christmas for her.
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