One day I was doing a big cleanup when I ____ a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside.I took one look and immediately ___ a forgettable time.
In 1991,I had spent five months in Niger,with sandstorms and great heat.Its ____ and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint.Street beggars would continually reached out their hands,shouting “Gift!Gift!”
One day,I ___ for neighboring Burkina to work in a health clinic.
Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina,we began to ____.Out of the darkness,a motorbike with two men approached slowly.Without ____,one of the men grabbed my daypack as the motorbike swept close by.Within seconds,the two were out of sight,____ up by the night.
The bag had my passport,money,traveler’s cheques,camera,an airline ticket and other things ___ to me.I was in deep trouble.
In the weeks that followed,I ____guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all ____ with suspicion.All I wanted was to leave this place.
Then,walking through Burkina’s streets,I met with an old woman.“Gift!Gift!” she cried.I’d had enough.I was ____ of the country:its poverty,its thieves,the heat,and the dust.I told her angrily,“A thief stole all my money and now I can’t ____ out of your country.I cannot give you anything.”
The beggar woman listened attentively and ___ my words.Then she reached ____ the folds of her dress.
“Then I will give you a gift,”she announced.Kindly,she placed an old,dark brown coin in my hand.I looked at it in ____.It was a very small amount of money but for this woman,the coin ___ a meal.At that moment,I felt a shame.In spite of the ____,she was able to give me something priceless.
I saw then the ____ beauty of the people of Burkina—and appreciated deeply the quiet ____ of the poor.With the old woman’s gift,I hope never to part with the coin she gave me.With one small coin,she ____ my concept completely.
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解析【小题1】 B
解析 care about担心,关心;come across偶遇,无意中发现;look for寻找;focus upon集中于。句意为:有一天我正在大扫除,就在这时,我无意中发现了一个打结的手帕……。
【小题2】 C
解析 recall回忆。
【小题3】 D
解析 根据上句中的“great heat”可知,此地气候炎热。
【小题4】 A
解析 head for...前往……。
【小题5】 B
解析 unload卸货,指的是坐出租到达目的地以后下车。
【小题6】 A
解析 without warning毫无预兆。
【小题7】C
解析 swallow up吞进……,卷进……。句意为:几秒钟内,那两个人不见了,消失在夜色中。
【小题8】 D
解析 obvious明显的,显而易见的;expensive昂贵的;familiar熟悉的;precious宝贵的,珍贵的,贵重的。句意为:还有其它对我来说贵重的东西。
【小题9】 B
解析 elegantly优雅地;cautiously谨慎地,小心地;dependently依赖地;frequently频繁地。句意为:接下来的几周,我小心地看护着其它的贵重物品……
【小题10】 A
解析 local当地人;thief小偷;beggar乞丐;motorbike摩托车。因为自己的贵重物品被抢,所以作者怀疑地看待所有当地人。
【小题11】 C
解析 be sick of...厌恶……,厌倦……。
【小题12】 A
解析 get out of the country逃离这个国家。
【小题13】 C
解析 聚精会神地听着并且思考我的话。think about sth.思考……。
【小题14】 B
解析 reach into...伸手去拿……。
【小题15】 D
解析 in shock震惊地。 我震惊地看着它。
【小题16】 A
解析 这枚硬币意味着一顿饭。mean(meant是其过去式)意味着。
【小题17】 B
解析 尽管贫穷,她能够给我无价的东西。
【小题18】 D
解析 我看到了当地人出乎预料的美。unexpected未预料到的。
【小题19】 C
解析 the dignity of the poor穷人的尊严。
【小题20】 A
解析 她彻底的改变了我的观念。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
There were a young couple who led a very happy life. The only thing they worried about was whether their would last forever.
One day, they heard a wise man had , who could solve all kinds of . So they visited him and told him their source of . The wise man told them, “ Travel around the and seek a couple who are happy. When finding such a couple , ask them for a piece of cloth from the man’s , then keep it with you, and you always remain happy.”
The couple began their . They visited many countries, cities, towns and villages didn’t find what they were looking for.
One day they a shepherd in the desert, who was grazing (放牧) his sheep when his wife and child came along. The shepherd his wife and gently patted the child. The wife laid a mat and they started to eat contentedly. The came to ask them, “ Are you the happiest couple?”
The shepherd and his wife replied, “ Nobody is unhappier than the king. ” The young couple immediately they were the happiest couple and a piece of the shepherd’s shirt. The shepherd said, “ If I give you a piece of cloth, I’ll be without any clothes since I just one”.
The young couple at once understood it was too to find perfect happiness anywhere in the world. They to the wise man and related all that had taken place.
The wise man laughed and said, “ Did you learn something from it?”
The young couple replied, “Yes, after this trip we have learnt in this world is perfectly happy. In order to be happy, we should be thankful and with whatever we have.”
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad stopped at the Dairy Queen for lO-cent ice creams. I couldn't it, but I could pray from the we started heading home to that comer where we would either go straight for the ice cream or and go home empty-handed. That corner either mouth-watering excitement or .On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the sound of his offer ,It ,”Would you like an ice cream today?” That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said,” How would you like to today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊),I could afford it,I got a weekly allowance of 25cents ,plus some for odd jobs. But it wsa my money ,ice cream wasn’t a good use of it ,In a fit of ,I said ,”well ,in that case,I guess I’ll ,”My father just said,” Okay, Son,”
But sa we headed home ,I realized how wrong I was and begged him to .But he just said,” That’s okay ,we don’t really need one.” I felt for my selfishness and ungratefully see. He didn’t mind, or act disappointed.
I that generosity(慷慨) goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than” thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We another trip the next week. As we the center. I said,” Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we our coffee, a man came in and sat at a(n) table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the wall”. We this order with rather interest and observed that he was with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there, two other men and ordered three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but for three and left. This time also, the did the same; he put up a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A cup of coffee.” It seemed that this gesture was a at this place. , it was something unique and puzzling for us. Since we had to do with the matter, we our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a(n) to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man walked in. The way this man was dressed did not the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was from the looks on his face. he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the .” The waiter served coffee to this man with and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter a piece of paper from the wall and threw it into the dustbin.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
As I held my father's hands one night,I couldn't help but notice their calluses(老茧) and roughness.His hands tell the story of his life as a ___,including all his struggles.
One summer,I remember,a drought(旱灾)hit Ontario,turning it into a____desert.On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last ___from the grocery store.Fifty dozen was all we needed,which____took twenty minutes. That morning,however,the process didn't____ quickly.After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field,we____ needed twenty dozen.I was completely frustrated and ____.Dropping the basket heavily,I declared,“If the store wants its last twenty dozen,they can pick it themselves!”Dad____,“Just think,my little girl,only ten dozen left for each of us and then we're____.”Such is Dad—whatever problem he ____,he never gives up.
____,the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our country.It was a challenging time for everyone,____Dad remained optimistic.He____to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates.Only then did I truly begin to____Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real____.From dawn to dusk,he works countless hours to ___our family.He always puts our happiness ____his own,and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games___his exhaustion after long days.His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and____,putting others first.
Dad,the life____I have learned from you will stay with me forever.You are my father,teacher,friend and,most importantly,my hero.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
When Mr. Smith was walking one evening, he met four of his old friends. To be polite, he invited them to come home with him to . He hoped that they would say no, but , they quickly agreed and home with him.
Mr. Smith was a man. There was never in his house. He knew that there very little for supper that night, he did not know how to break away from his guests without being impolite, so he let them come with him to house. But when they came his front door, he suddenly rushed forward, opened the door, went in, closed in again and then locked it. He found in the kitchen and quickly told her had happened.
Mr. Smith’s guests were at first . Then they thought he had perhaps gone ahead to get ready for the . When nothing had yet happened for a few minutes, they began to and to knock heavily at the door. After this had gone for some time, Mr. Smith sent his wife to a window to talk to . She told them that Mr. Smith .
“What do you mean, woman?” shouted one of the men. “We came here a few minutes ago and we saw him go into the house.”
Mr. Smith was now afraid that the noise his friends were making would bring his neighbours around and that he would be , so he put his head out of the window and said to his friends, “This house has a door, too. Perhaps Mr. Smith came in through the front door and went out through the other.”
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A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the was he found himself unable to ask for help — his mobile phone went out of as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but to in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the of the rescue.
It is almost that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his : "First of all I checked up my conditions and found myself not in mortal (致命的)danger. As there was no way to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from . In this way I dozed (打盹)off ."
His story put an end to my regret for the of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men to explore a mountain cave and got lost. to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of .Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering (闪烁)not far away .
Don’t you think that you can compare it with itself? When you meet with obstacles (障碍)in life and work, you are lost in darkness. you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle . It seems to be a negative attitude, a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as a great in the first place.
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When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him __much in repairs that he decided that he had better __it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ _ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so__ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was __ when they met one evening, and said, “What's __, Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may __more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's__was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, __ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no __.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to__ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be__or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll __my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to __ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, __ to wait there for the people who had__ his advertisement. Even Dave had to __that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean__ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this __ to us yet, sir?”?
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly(集会).The headmaster was the students on important things in life and about ourselves to what is important to us.This is the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London.He would wake up every morning and go to the and would get the train right to Central London,and then sit at the street corner and beg.
He did this every single for almost 20 years.His house was dirty and a stench(恶臭) came out of the house and it smelled horribly.The neighbors could not stand the any-more,so they asked the police officers to clear the place.The officers the door and cleaned the house.There were small bags of all over the house that he had collected over the years.The police the money,and soon realized that the old man was a(n) .They waited outside,expecting to share the good news with him.
When he arrived home that evening,he was by one of the officers who told him that
there was no need for him to beg any more he was a rich man now. He said ,went into his house and locked the door.The next morning he woke up ,went to the subway, got into the train,and sat at the street comer and to beg.
, this old man had no great plans,dreams or anything for his life.We learn nothing from this story staying focused on the things we enjoy doing,commitment. We should remain to our course. Just keep it in mind that commitment wealth
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